MLB strikeout props for Tue. 8/18: It's clever to fade Trevor

After a short break, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming with a fresh three-pack of strikeout props for Tuesday night's MLB slate. Let's make our return a profitable one.

Trevor Rogers under 3.5 Ks (+112 FanDuel )

Nationals at Orioles, 6:35 p.m. ET

Rogers has struggled since moving to the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline. The left-hander has given up 13 hits, seven earned runs and five walks through his first 9.1 innings of work with his new team, and he's recorded only five strikeouts in those two starts. Rogers now ranks in the 12th percentile in strikeout rate (17.4 percent) and the 17th percentile in whiff rate (21.0 percent), and the Washington Nationals have the second-lowest K rate in baseball this month (17.0 percent).

Tarik Skubal over 7.5 Ks (-105 DraftKings )

Mariners at Tigers, 6:40 p.m. ET

It's no secret that Skubal has been an elite swing-and-miss pitcher this season. The AL Cy Young favorite ranks in the 91st percentile in whiff rate (32.0 percent) and strikeout rate (30.1 percent), and he's gone over this line in five of his last six starts. Now he gets to face a Seattle Mariners lineup that has the highest strikeout rate in MLB over the last week (32.0 percent). In 65 combined plate appearances against Skubal, current Mariners hitters are batting .197 with a 29.2 percent K rate.

Yusei Kikuchi over 6.5 Ks (-154 FD )

Astros at Rays, 6:50 p.m. ET

Unlike Rogers, Kikuchi has been fantastic since switching teams at the deadline. The southpaw has racked up 19 strikeouts in two starts with the Houston Astros, and one of those matchups was an 11-strikeout performance against this Tampa Bay Rays lineup. In 87 plate appearances against Kikuchi, current Rays hitters have a massive 39.1 percent strikeout rate.