On Wednesday, August 9 at 3:37 PM ET, JJ Bleday and the Oakland Athletics will square off against starter Jordan Montgomery 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 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -130 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- The Rangers will hand the ball to Montgomery (7-9) for his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed six hits in six innings against the Miami Marlins.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 3.40 ERA ranks 20th, 1.236 WHIP ranks 34th, and 8.1 K/9 ranks 44th.
- The Rangers strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- The Rangers have the 13th-ranked ERA (4.08) in the majors this season.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.230 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- With just 126 homers allowed, the Rangers rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
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JJ Bleday Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/8/2023 | Max Scherzer | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Dane Dunning | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/13/2023 | John King | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/13/2023 | Jon Gray | 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 | 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 |
| 5/12/2023 | Cole Ragans | 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 |
Bleday Stats and Trends
- Bleday has recorded a hit 37 times this season in 72 games played (51.4%), with nine multi-hit efforts (12.5%).
- In nine of 72 games this season, he has hit a long ball (12.5%). He’s left the yard in 3.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 33.3% of his games this season (24 of 72), he has touched home plate at least one time. In six of those games (8.3%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- Bleday has driven in at least one run 18 times this season in 72 tries (25.0%), including driving in more than one run in 8.3% of games (six times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- He has struck out in 40 of 72 games this year, including multiple Ks in 20 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 38 |
| 16 (47.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (55.3%) |
| 4 (11.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (13.2%) |
| 13 (38.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (28.9%) |
| 6 (17.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.9%) |
| 11 (32.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (18.4%) |
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