Wild Things — Walk Prop Cheat Sheet, 6/24

Wild Things — Walk Prop Cheat Sheet, 6/24 originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

As betting becomes legalized and more ubiquitous, we've witnessed an ever-growing interest in player props. When I started polling the audience for what granular data they'd like to see or had trouble scraping, pitcher props were easily the most popular answer.

So I place every day's probable starters' 2025 walk and ball rates next to their opponent, plus where that offense ranks in taking free passes this season. This gives us an instant glimpse at the entire board and a solid reference point for our daily parlay.

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Walk Prop Cheat Sheet, June 24th

• SD Ryan Bergert — 20.0 IP; 11.4% BB, 39.4% Ball vs. WSH 7.6% BB, Rank 25
• CLE Logan Allen — 65.1 IP; 10.4% BB, 39.9% Ball vs. TOR 8.4% BB, Rank 16
• TEX Jake Latz — 3.1 IP; 10.3% BB, 36.3% Ball vs. BAL 7.6% BB, Rank 25
• BAL Charlie Morton — 50.2 IP; 10.1% BB, 37.5% Ball vs. TEX 7.6% BB, Rank 25
• NYM Frankie Montas — 150.2 IP; 10.1% BB, 36.9% Ball vs. ATL 9.2% BB, Rank 6
• ARI Ryne Nelson — 29.2 IP; 10.1% BB, 39.9% Ball vs. CHW 9.0% BB, Rank 11
• TB Taj Bradley — 80.0 IP; 9.9% BB, 37.8% Ball vs. KC 6.5% BB, Rank 30
• MIL Freddy Peralta — 88.0 IP; 9.4% BB, 39.4% Ball vs. PIT 8.8% BB, Rank 13
• SF Justin Verlander — 56.2 IP; 8.9% BB, 34.7% Ball vs. MIA 7.9% BB, Rank 22
• NYY Carlos Rodon — 95.2 IP; 8.7% BB, 37.0% Ball vs. CIN 9.1% BB, Rank 9
• LAA Tyler Anderson — 81.0 IP; 8.7% BB, 35.5% Ball vs. BOS 8.7% BB, Rank 14
• HOU Framber Valdez — 96.0 IP; 8.6% BB, 35.4% Ball vs. PHI 9.2% BB, Rank 6
• ATL Spencer Strider — 37.0 IP; 8.5% BB, 37.7% Ball vs. NYM 9.3% BB, Rank 5
• PIT Andrew Heaney — 82.1 IP; 7.9% BB, 35.4% Ball vs. MIL 9.1% BB, Rank 9
• KC Kris Bubic — 85.0 IP; 7.9% BB, 33.2% Ball vs. TB 8.3% BB, Rank 21
• SEA Luis Castillo — 85.1 IP; 7.8% BB, 35.3% Ball vs. MIN 7.9% BB, Rank 22
• ATH Luis Severino — 95.2 IP; 7.2% BB, 36.0% Ball vs. DET 8.6% BB, Rank 15
• MIA Cal Quantrill — 63.1 IP; 7.0% BB, 37.9% Ball vs. SF 9.6% BB, Rank 3
• COL German Marquez — 73.2 IP; 7.0% BB, 36.8% Ball vs. LAD 9.7% BB, Rank 2
• BOS Garrett Crochet — 102.1 IP; 6.9% BB, 33.0% Ball vs. LAA 7.1% BB, Rank 29
• MIN Chris Paddack — 80.1 IP; 6.8% BB, 35.4% Ball vs. SEA 9.2% BB, Rank 6
• PHI Ranger Suarez — 57.1 IP; 6.1% BB, 34.2% Ball vs. HOU 7.9% BB, Rank 22
• LAD Justin Wrobleski — 24.1 IP; 5.9% BB, 31.9% Ball vs. COL 7.3% BB, Rank 28
• TOR Eric Lauer — 16.2 IP; 5.6% BB, 32.5% Ball vs. CLE 8.4% BB, Rank 16
• WSH Trevor Williams — 74.2 IP; 5.5% BB, 36.3% Ball vs. SD 8.4% BB, Rank 16
• CIN Chase Burns — 66.0 IP; 5.4% BB, 31.9% Ball vs. NYY 10.1% BB, Rank 1
• CHC Jameson Taillon — 86.2 IP; 4.9% BB, 32.9% Ball vs. STL 8.4% BB, Rank 16
• DET Tarik Skubal — 96.0 IP; 3.3% BB, 28.9% Ball vs. ATH 8.4% BB, Rank 16
• STL Michael McGreevy — 11.0 IP; 2.2% BB, 36.7% Ball vs. CHC 9.0% BB, Rank 11

LAGHEZZA'S LEANS:

Methodology's relatively simple here — target pitchers with struggles finding the zone consistently (high walk and ball rates), in matchups versus generally patient lineups. Also, make sure the pitcher in question projects for a full workload... if you're going +6 IP, it's a lot easier to expect multiple walks.

To that last point, Frankie Montas would normally be an auto-add with those metrics but we have no idea of his pitch count in a debut tonight. Honestly, I don't like a single play tonight — all the high-walk guys face aggressive teams and vice versa.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 24, 2025, where it first appeared.