On Saturday, August 12 at 3:07 PM ET, Daulton Varsho and the Toronto Blue Jays will take on starter Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs at Rogers Centre, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Varsho
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -107 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -145 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will hand the ball to Steele (13-3) for his 22nd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw 5 1/3 innings against the Atlanta Braves, giving up three earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 28-year-old’s 3.12 ERA ranks seventh, 1.190 WHIP ranks 26th, and 8.4 K/9 ranks 35th.
- The Cubs have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- The Cubs have the 16th-ranked ERA (4.26) in the majors this season.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.280 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up 131 home runs so far this season (the 11th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Daulton Varsho Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Javier Assad | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2022 | Wade Miley | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/21/2022 | Justin Steele | 3-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/20/2022 | Kyle Hendricks | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/19/2022 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2022 | Justin Steele | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/14/2022 | Kyle Hendricks | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/13/2022 | Drew Smyly | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/25/2021 | Trevor Williams | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/24/2021 | Alec Mills | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
Varsho Stats and Trends
- In 56.3% of his games this season (63-of-112), Varsho has posted a hit. In 19 of those games (17.0%), he’s recorded at least two base hits.
- Out of the 112 games he has appeared in this season, he’s hit a long ball in 13 contests (11.6%), leaving the ballpark in 3% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored a run in 36.6% of his 112 games this season. That includes more than one run scored in 2.7% of them (three).
- Varsho has driven in at least one run in 25.0% of his games this year (28 of 112), including more than one RBI in seven of them (6.3%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 70 times this year in 112 games played (62.5%), including 25 times punching out multiple times (22.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 61 |
| 25 (49.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 38 (62.3%) |
| 4 (7.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 15 (24.6%) |
| 14 (27.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 27 (44.3%) |
| 3 (5.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (16.4%) |
| 6 (11.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 22 (36.1%) |
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