On Saturday, August 12 at 7:10 PM ET, Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals will square off against starter Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, airing on BSKC.
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Player Prop Odds for Goldschmidt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -128 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Ragans (3-3) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his fifth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on four hits in a matchup with the Boston Red Sox.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 20 games this season with a 3.86 ERA, 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .220.
- The Royals strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.17 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.407 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- With 143 homers allowed, the Royals rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Paul Goldschmidt Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Dylan Coleman | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Josh Staumont | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Kris Bubic | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 5/2/2022 | Zack Greinke | 2-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/12/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2021 | Kris Bubic | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 8/14/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2021 | Mike Minor | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 1 |
Goldschmidt Stats and Trends
- Goldschmidt has reached base with a base hit 74 times this season in 113 games played (65.5%), including multiple knocks in 33.6% of them (38 times).
- He has homered in 12.4% of his games this season (113 contests), going yard in 3.5% of his chances at the plate.
- He has touched home plate at least one time 49 times this season in 113 games played (43.4%), including 13 games with more than one run (11.5%).
- Goldschmidt has driven in at least one run 36 times this year in 113 games played (31.9%), including 18 games with more than one RBI (15.9%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 76 out of 113 games this year (67.3%), while fanning multiple times in 28 of those contests (24.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | GP | 56 |
| 36 (63.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 38 (67.9%) |
| 19 (33.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 19 (33.9%) |
| 23 (40.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 26 (46.4%) |
| 7 (12.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (12.5%) |
| 18 (31.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (32.1%) |
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