Ildemaro Vargas and the Washington Nationals will hit the field at on Tuesday, August 8, where they will match up with the Philadelphia Phillies and starting pitcher Zack Wheeler. The matchup will start at 4:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Vargas
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -105 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -116 |
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Stats and Trends for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Wheeler (8-5) will take to the mound for the Phillies and make his 23rd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Wednesday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Miami Marlins.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 33-year-old’s 3.64 ERA ranks 26th, 1.099 WHIP ranks 15th, and 10.2 K/9 ranks 14th.
- The Phillies average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) in the league this season.
- Phillies pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.99 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Phillies have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
- The Phillies have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 125, or 1.1 per game.
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Ildemaro Vargas Stats vs. the Phillies
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/2/2023 | Ranger Suárez | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/1/2023 | Zack Wheeler | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/4/2023 | Ranger Suárez | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Zack Wheeler | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Noah Syndergaard | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Kyle Gibson | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Bailey Falter | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/11/2022 | Aaron Nola | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/10/2022 | Ranger Suárez | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/9/2022 | Noah Syndergaard | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Vargas Stats and Trends
- In 24 of 42 games this season (57.1%), Vargas has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in six of those contests (14.3%).
- This season, he has hit a home run in two of the 42 games, leaving the ballpark in 1.5% of his plate appearances.
- In 15 of 42 games this year, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In 23.8% of his contests this year (10 of 42), Vargas has driven in at least one run. In five of those games (11.9%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- In eight of 42 games this season, he has gone down on strikes one or more times, and he has one game in which he fanned more than once.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 28 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (57.1%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (14.3%) |
| 3 (21.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (42.9%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 (21.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (25.0%) |
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