Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays meet starter Noah Syndergaard and the Cleveland Guardians at 1:10 PM ET on Thursday, August 10 at Progressive Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -131 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians’ Syndergaard (1-5) will make his 15th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up five earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
- The 30-year-old has an ERA of 6.75, 5.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .288 in 14 games this season.
- The Guardians average just eight strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the league.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.79 this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.274 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- With just 117 homers allowed, the Guardians rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Logan Allen | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Tanner Bibee | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2022 | Shane Bieber | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/12/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2022 | Zach Plesac | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Aaron Civale | 3-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/1/2022 | Konnor Pilkington | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2022 | Zach Plesac | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has collected a base hit 78 times this year in 105 games played (74.3%), including multiple knocks on 32 occasions (30.5%).
- He has hit a long ball in nine of 105 games in 2023 (8.6%), which is 2.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 42 of 105 contests this season (40.0%), he has scored, and eight of those games (7.6%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- In 30.5% of his contests this year (32 of 105), Merrifield has produced at least one run. In 14 of those games (13.3%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- He has gone down on strikes in 53.3% of his 105 games this year, while fanning more than once in 15.2% of them (16).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | GP | 55 |
| 37 (74.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 41 (74.5%) |
| 13 (26.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 19 (34.5%) |
| 21 (42.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (38.2%) |
| 3 (6.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (10.9%) |
| 17 (34.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (27.3%) |
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