Nick Martinez Projections, Prop Bets & Odds

Strikeouts Prop Odds:

Strikeouts 3.5 over: -170

Strikeouts 3.5 under: 130

Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 7th-best field in Major League Baseball for strikeouts.

Built just 20 feet above sea level, Minute Maid Park has one of the lowest altitudes in MLB, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to worse offense.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher's least effective pitch. Nick Martinez has used his secondary pitches 5.5% more often this year (63.7%) than he did last season (58.2%).

Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Shots Prop

It is anticipated that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Dan Iassogna) behind the plate today.

Nick Martinez has a reverse platoon split and will be disadvantaged being matched up with 9 same-handed hitters in today's game.

Given that groundball pitchers struggle the most against flyball hitters, Nick Martinez (34.1% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today's game with 3 FB hitters in Houston's projected batting order.

Playing on the road typically lowers pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Nick Martinez in today's matchup.

Nick Martinez is projected to have 3.9 Strikeouts in today's game.

Pitching Outs Prop Odds:

Pitching Outs 17.5 over: -152

Pitching Outs 17.5 under: 120

Trends Favoring The Over Pitching Outs Prop

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Nick Martinez in the 75th percentile when assessing his overall pitching talent.

The #10 venue in the majors for suppressing batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

In the league, the 3rd-tallest average fence height are at Minute Maid Park.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher's least effective pitch. Nick Martinez has used his secondary pitches 5.5% more often this year (63.7%) than he did last season (58.2%).

Nick Martinez has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his ERA this year; his 4.19 figure is a good deal higher than his 3.74 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things a pitcher has the most control over).

Trends Favoring The Under Pitching Outs Shots Prop

The Houston Astros have been the 10th-unluckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better going forward

It is anticipated that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Dan Iassogna) behind the plate today.

In the league, Minute Maid Park's left field fences are the shallowest.

Nick Martinez has a reverse platoon split and will be disadvantaged being matched up with 9 same-handed hitters in today's game.

Given that groundball pitchers struggle the most against flyball hitters, Nick Martinez (34.1% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today's game with 3 FB hitters in Houston's projected batting order.

Nick Martinez is projected to have 16.6 Pitching Outs in today's game.

Earned Runs Prop Odds:

Earned Runs 2.5 over: 115

Earned Runs 2.5 under: -155

Trends Favoring The Over Earned Runs Prop

The Houston Astros have been the 10th-unluckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better going forward

It is anticipated that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Dan Iassogna) behind the plate today.

In the league, Minute Maid Park's left field fences are the shallowest.

Nick Martinez has a reverse platoon split and will be disadvantaged being matched up with 9 same-handed hitters in today's game.

Given that groundball pitchers struggle the most against flyball hitters, Nick Martinez (34.1% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today's game with 3 FB hitters in Houston's projected batting order.

Trends Favoring The Under Earned Runs Shots Prop

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Nick Martinez in the 75th percentile when assessing his overall pitching talent.

The #10 venue in the majors for suppressing batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

In the league, the 3rd-tallest average fence height are at Minute Maid Park.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher's least effective pitch. Nick Martinez has used his secondary pitches 5.5% more often this year (63.7%) than he did last season (58.2%).

Nick Martinez has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his ERA this year; his 4.19 figure is a good deal higher than his 3.74 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things a pitcher has the most control over).

Nick Martinez is projected to have 2.8 Earned Runs in today's game.