MLB Day Games Betting Report: Rangers Win During Day

Something just hits differently with day baseball.

Whether you're sitting out in the bleachers on a Sunday afternoon or switching back and forth between a spreadsheet and the game on your computer at work, you can be profiting off that days ball, too.

Below, we've compiled a team and player MLB Day Games Betting Report to help your day baseball bets. All the data collected below is for 2023 day MLB games, which are characterized as games with a start time before 5 pm ET:

Best Day Game MLB Teams

The Texas Rangers' afternoon success comes on the back of some big bats. Corey Seager, Leody Tavares, and Josh Smith all rank inside the top 10 in day game OPS. Seager leads the back with a .400 batting average and 1.267 OPS during afternoon contests.

Corey Seager goes deep in back-to-back games! pic.twitter.com/WADsi5xnu9

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 21, 2023

Worst Day Game MLB Teams

There aren't many big surprises with the worst day teams, as it's many of the league's worst teams overall. The one trend to pick out is the day game struggles of the AL Central, with three of the five worst teams in day baseball coming from the AL Central division.

Best Day Game Hitters

Whatever Sal Perez does before day games, he should probably start doing before the night ones, too. The Royals catcher has a 1.041 OPS in day games so far this year, hitting .338 in the contests. Sal's night splits make him an easy fade for evening games, but you should be taking his hit and RBI props every time the Royals play in the afternoon:

Day: .338/.366/.675, 7 HR, 15 RBI
Night: .235/.287/.418, 4 HR, 13RBI

Best Day Game Pitchers

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Kevin Gausman loves the sunshine. In the Blue Jay righty's six day starts this year, he's pitched 40.0 innings, struck out 32.9 percent of batters, and posted a .45 ERA. In his four night starts, on the other hand, Gausman has a 7.83 ERA.