On Saturday, August 5 at 7:10 PM ET, Byron Buxton and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Ryne Nelson and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Target Field, airing on BSN.
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Player Prop Odds for Buxton
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -137 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- The Diamondbacks will send Nelson (6-5) to the mound for his 23rd start this season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in 6 2/3 innings against the San Francisco Giants.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 25-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (4.84), 55th in WHIP (1.395), and 65th in K/9 (5.7).
- The Diamondbacks strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- The Diamondbacks have pitched to a 4.60 this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- The Diamondbacks have a combined WHIP of 1.333 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- The Diamondbacks have allowed 137 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 21st in MLB play.
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Byron Buxton Stats vs. the Diamondbacks
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/19/2022 | Merrill Kelly | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/17/2022 | Madison Bumgarner | 2-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Buxton Stats and Trends
- In 51.8% of his games this year (44-of-85), Buxton has recorded a hit. In 17 of those games (20.0%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- In 15 of 85 games this season, he has homered (17.6%). He’s gone deep in 4.9% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 37 out of 85 games this year (43.5%), which includes two or more runs scored in 11 of those contests (12.9%).
- Buxton has produced at least one run 24 times this season in 85 games played (28.2%), including 12 games with more than one RBI (14.1%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 66 out of 85 games this season (77.6%), while fanning multiple times in 31 of those games (36.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | GP | 41 |
| 24 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (48.8%) |
| 10 (22.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (17.1%) |
| 20 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (41.5%) |
| 12 (27.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.3%) |
| 14 (31.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (24.4%) |
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