On Saturday, August 12 at 3:07 PM ET, Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will square off against starter Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs at Rogers Centre, airing on MLBN.
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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 | -132 |
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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 season, 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 pitched to a 4.26 this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- The Cubs rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.280 WHIP this season.
- The Cubs have given up 131 home runs so far this season (the 11th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Javier Assad | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2022 | Luke Farrell | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2021 | Alec Mills | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2021 | Keegan Thompson | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 8/20/2021 | Zach Davies | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- In 80 of 107 games this season (74.8%), Merrifield has gotten a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 33 of those contests (30.8%).
- He has homered in 8.4% of his games in 2023 (nine of 107), which amounts to 2.3% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored a run in 43 of 107 games this season, including multiple runs scored in eight of them.
- In 30.8% of his 107 games this season, Merrifield has driven in a run (33 times). Also, he’s put up 14 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (13.1%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 53.3% of his contests this season (57 of 107), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 16 of those games (15.0%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 56 |
| 38 (74.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 42 (75.0%) |
| 13 (25.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (35.7%) |
| 21 (41.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (39.3%) |
| 3 (5.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (10.7%) |
| 17 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (28.6%) |
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