On Tuesday, August 8 at 9:40 PM ET, JJ Bleday and the Oakland Athletics will take on starter Max Scherzer and the Texas Rangers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Bleday
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -137 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- Scherzer (10-4) will take the mound for the Rangers, his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Thursday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in six innings against the Chicago White Sox.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 39-year-old ranks 37th in ERA (4.04), 28th in WHIP (1.205), and 12th in K/9 (10.3).
- The Rangers average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Rangers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.10 this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Rangers have a combined WHIP of just 1.236 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
- The Rangers have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 125, or 1.1 per game.
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JJ Bleday Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/7/2023 | Dane Dunning | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/13/2023 | Jon Gray | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/13/2023 | John King | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Jonathan Hernández | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Cole Ragans | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Josh Sborz | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Brock Burke | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Will Smith | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Nathan Eovaldi | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Bleday Stats and Trends
- Bleday has recorded a hit in 36 of 71 games this season, with multiple hits in nine of them.
- Out of the 71 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s gone yard in eight contests (11.3%), leaving the ballpark in 3% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 23 times this year in 71 games played (32.4%), including six times when he tallied multiple runs (8.5%).
- Bleday has produced at least one run in 17 of 71 games this year (23.9%). He has collected two or more RBI in six of those games (8.5%).
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 40 times this year in 71 games (56.3%), including 20 games with more than one strikeout (28.2%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | GP | 38 |
| 15 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (55.3%) |
| 4 (12.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (13.2%) |
| 12 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (28.9%) |
| 5 (15.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.9%) |
| 10 (30.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (18.4%) |
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