Jake Bauers
MIL · 1B
Contact hitter with 16.7% barrel rate but 0% HR rate and 43.5% K rate.
Everything you need to know about Jake Bauers before you bet. He's gone over his hits line 53% of the time across 17 tracked games. Compare home run, hits, and total bases odds across 8 sportsbooks below.
How is Jake Bauers performing?
Jake Bauers is a contact-oriented hitter through 153 games with a notable disconnect between bat control and power output. His 16.7% barrel rate shows consistent quality contact, but a .125 ISO and 0% home-run rate mean those barrels aren't translating to extra-base hits. A 43.5% strikeout rate paired with a 38.9% whiff rate suggests significant swing-and-miss issues that undercut his contact strength. A 1% stolen-base rate adds no speed dimension. The profile is contact without downstream production.
Performance summary as of week of October 12, 2026
Hits Over Rate
53%
9 of 17 games
HR Over Rate
13%
Bottom 1%2 of 16 games
TB Over Rate
44%
8 of 18 games
Hits Over Rate — How often he goes over his hits line. Shows how reliable he is for hits props.
HR Over Rate — How often he goes over his home run line. Higher = he hits for power consistently.
TB Over Rate — How often he goes over his total bases line. Combines hits + extra-base power.
Tonight's prop markets
These are the prop bets available for Jake Bauers. Each card shows the over rate and game count. Click any market to compare odds across 8 sportsbooks.
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How has Jake Bauers been hitting?
These are Jake Bauers's Statcast numbers — the advanced metrics behind hits, home runs, and total bases. Green values are above league average.
K Rate
38.5%
Strikeout rate · league avg ~22%
Whiff %
32.8%
Swing-and-miss rate · league avg ~25%
Hard Hit %
35.8%
Pct of balls hit ≥95 mph · league avg ~36%
Barrel %
16.7%
Top 1%Highest-quality contact · league avg ~7%
HR Rate
0.0%
Home runs per AB · league avg ~3%
SLG
.445
Slugging percentage · league avg ~.420
Stats as of 2026-10-15 · extended sample through 2025-09-28
How has Jake Bauers been hitting recently?
Each bar shows hits per start. The gold dashed line is the most recent posted hits line (0.5). He went over 3 of 5 times against this line.
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What are Jake Bauers's prop odds tonight?▾
Jake Bauers (MIL) typically has three batter prop markets posted: hits, home runs, and total bases. Each prop page on OddsGuy compares the live line and price across 8 sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics, Bovada, and Pinnacle) and highlights the best available price.
How has Jake Bauers been hitting recently?▾
Over his last 17 tracked games, Jake Bauers has gone over his hits line 53% of the time, over his home-run line 13% of the time, and over his total-bases line 44% of the time. The prop pages above show every settled game with the line, actual outcome, and book context.
Where can I bet on Jake Bauers props?▾
Jake Bauers props are posted at the major US sportsbooks — DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics — and offshore at Pinnacle and Bovada. The prop pages above compare live pricing across all 8 books so you can find the best number.
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Jake Bauers — MIL 1B Hits over rate: 53% (last 17 games) HR over rate: 13% (last 16 games) TB over rate: 44% (last 18 games) K rate: 38.5% (league avg ~22%) Whiff rate: 32.8% (league avg ~25%) Hard-hit rate: 35.8% (league avg ~36%) Barrel rate: 16.7% (league avg ~7%) HR rate: 0% (league avg ~3%) SLG: 0.445 (league avg ~.420) Stats as of: 2026-10-15