On Thursday, August 10 at 6:40 PM ET, Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays will match up with starter Matthew Liberatore and the St. Louis Cardinals at Tropicana Field, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Franco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -119 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -118 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals’ Liberatore (1-4) will make his 10th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Thursday, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up five earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- The 23-year-old has an ERA of 6.93, a 1.28 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.779 in 10 games this season.
- The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.59 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.442 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Cardinals have given up the fewest long balls so far this season with only 111 home runs allowed.
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Wander Franco Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Dakota Hudson | 3-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Franco Stats and Trends
- Franco has recorded a hit in 67.9% of his 109 games this year, with at least two hits in 31.2% of those contests (34).
- In 16 of 109 games this season, he has hit a home run (14.7%). He’s left the yard in 3.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has touched home plate in 48 of 109 games this season, including multiple runs scored in 13 of them.
- In 36 of 109 games this year (33.0%), Franco has plated a run, and in 14 of those games (12.8%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- In 48 of 109 games this year (44.0%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 16 of those games (14.7%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | GP | 53 |
| 38 (67.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (67.9%) |
| 17 (30.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 17 (32.1%) |
| 27 (48.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (39.6%) |
| 9 (16.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (13.2%) |
| 21 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (28.3%) |
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