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    Look of the Day for 8/22: O'Hearn is O'ver

    By Jack Dougherty,

    6 hours ago

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    Baltimore Orioles first base Ryan O'Hearn.

    We are officially red hot in our Look of the Day series, as the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians snuck over the total of 8.5 on Wednesday night to cash our third straight pick . Let's keep it rolling with our favorite play for Thursday night's MLB slate.

    Look of the Day: Ryan O'Hearn over 1.5 hits + runs + RBIs (-120 DraftKings )

    The Baltimore Orioles are taking on the Houston Astros in a star-studded AL battle, and we're looking for O'Hearn to have a big night at the plate.

    O'Hearn, who's expected to start on Thursday night after coming off the bench two games in a row, is swinging the bat as well as anyone on the Orioles right now. The first baseman is batting .375 with a 52.2 percent hard-hit rate against right-handed pitchers over the last two weeks, and he should be able to keep it rolling in a solid matchup.

    The Astros are rolling with righty Spencer Arrigheti for this game. Arrigheti doesn't have great advanced metrics, as he ranks in the 12th percentile in pitching run value (-9), the 27th percentile in hard-hit rate (41.2 percent) and the 28th percentile in barrel rate (8.8 percent). He throws his 4-seam fastball and his cutter a combined 61 percent of the time, which will play right into O'Hearn's hands.

    O'Hearn is batting .379 and slugging a ridiculous .828 against cutters this season, and he has a .310 xBA, a .524 xSLG and a 53.4 percent hard-hit rate against 4-seamers. This is the exact type of pitcher O'Hearn has crushed all season. He could clear this line with one swing.

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