MLB Line Shopping Opportunities for 2026-08-06

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Top 20 MLB player props by line dispersion on 2026-08-06. Where books disagree, line shopping pays.

Where the books disagree most today

The table below ranks MLB player props on 2026-08-06 by line dispersion (the gap between the lowest and highest line offered by any book). Wider gaps = more line-shopping value, more potential +EV. Computed from MLB prop closing lines pulled from 20 active sources.

PlayerMarketSourcesLine rangeAvgOver price range
Arizona Diamondbacksspreads10-10.5 - 3.0-4.4-750 to 320
San Diego Padresspreads10-3.0 - 10.54.4-450 to 450
Totaltotals101.5 - 14.58.0-314 to 750
Bryan Wooplayer strikeouts alt53.0 - 11.06.7-3800 to 1660
Casey Mizeplayer strikeouts alt53.0 - 10.05.7-850 to 1900
Bryan Wooplayer strikeouts120.5 - 7.55.9-313 to 813
Seattle Marinersspreads10-4.5 - 2.0-1.7-3000 to 713
Detroit Tigersspreads10-2.0 - 4.51.7-1239 to 1050
Ildemaro Vargasplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1140 to 3500
Jake Cronenworthplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1165 to 3500
Ryan Waldschmidtplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1200 to 3500
Colt Emersonplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.0210 to 3500
Geraldo Perdomoplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1130 to 3000
Mitch Brattplayer strikeouts alt53.0 - 9.05.2-250 to 2500
Colt Keithplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1155 to 2800
Eduardo Valenciaplayer total bases alt32.0 - 8.04.1175 to 2800
Gleyber Torresplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1185 to 2800
Tyler Locklearplayer total bases alt32.0 - 8.04.1195 to 2800
Jase Bowenplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.1200 to 2800
Javier Baezplayer total bases alt42.0 - 8.04.0220 to 2800

Get +EV opportunities programmatically

# Pre-computed +EV bets (Pro tier)
curl "https://parlay-api.com/v1/sports/baseball_mlb/ev?min_edge=0.02&date=2026-08-06" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

# Pre-computed cross-book arbitrage (Pro tier)
curl "https://parlay-api.com/v1/sports/baseball_mlb/arbitrage?min_profit=0.005&date=2026-08-06" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
For information only. Sports betting carries risk. Past dispersion doesn't guarantee future +EV.

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