At 7:05 PM ET on Friday, August 11, Ildemaro Vargas and the Washington Nationals will suit up against the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher Paul Blackburn at Nationals Park, airing on MASN.
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Player Prop Odds for Vargas
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +111 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (2-2) for his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in six innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
- The 29-year-old has pitched in 12 games this season with an ERA of 4.35, a 3 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.500.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (5.77) in the majors this season.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.524 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 155 home runs allowed.
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Ildemaro Vargas Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 8/31/2022 | James Kaprielian | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/30/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/9/2021 | Sean Manaea | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2021 | Chris Bassitt | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Vargas Stats and Trends
- Vargas has a hit in 56.5% of his games this season (26 of 46), and he posted more than one hit in eight of those contests (17.4%).
- He has gone yard in three games this season, going deep in 2% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run 16 times this season in 46 games played (34.8%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In 26.1% of his contests this season (12 of 46), Vargas has plated at least one run. In seven of those games (15.2%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- In nine of 46 games this year, he has been set down on strikes at least once, and he has one game in which he fanned more than once.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 32 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (56.3%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (18.8%) |
| 3 (21.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (40.6%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.1%) |
| 3 (21.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (28.1%) |
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