Bobby Witt Jr.’s Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending James Paxton to the mound, match up at Fenway Park on Thursday, August 10. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -133 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -136 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox’s Paxton (6-3) will make his 15th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed five innings while giving up four earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.60, 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .223 in 14 games this season.
- The Red Sox have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have the 17th-ranked ERA (4.39) in the majors this season.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.323 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- With 148 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Nick Pivetta | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2 |
| 8/7/2023 | Brayan Bello | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Rich Hill | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/4/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2/0 | 1 |
Witt Stats and Trends
- In 74 of 113 games this season (65.5%), Witt has gotten a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 35 of those contests (31.0%).
- In 16.8% of his games this season, he has homered (19 of 113). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 4.1% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least one run in 44.2% of his contests this season (50 of 113), with two or more runs scored in eight of those contests (7.1%).
- In 41 of 113 games this season (36.3%), Witt has notched an RBI, and in 15 of those games (13.3%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 61.1% of his 113 games this year, while fanning more than once in 18.6% of them (21).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 58 |
| 35 (63.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 39 (67.2%) |
| 18 (32.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 17 (29.3%) |
| 26 (47.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (41.4%) |
| 11 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (13.8%) |
| 22 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 19 (32.8%) |
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