On Sunday, August 13 at 1:37 PM ET, Paul DeJong and the Toronto Blue Jays will match up with starter Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs at Rogers Centre, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for DeJong
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -131 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -109 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (7-6) will take the mound for the Cubs, his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed three hits in seven innings pitched against the New York Mets on Tuesday.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in 20 games this season with a 5.17 ERA, 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .259.
- The Cubs strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.26 this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.279 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up 132 home runs so far this season (the 11th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Paul DeJong 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 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/29/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/28/2023 | Hayden Wesneski | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/27/2023 | Justin Steele | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/22/2023 | Michael Fulmer | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/21/2023 | Justin Steele | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
DeJong Stats and Trends
- DeJong has picked up a hit in 48 of 90 games this season, with multiple hits in 18 of them.
- In 13 of 90 games this season, he has hit a long ball (14.4%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 3.8% of his trips to the plate.
- He has touched home plate at least one time in 31 of 90 games this season (34.4%), which includes more than one run scored in six of those contests (6.7%).
- DeJong has driven in a run in 22.2% of his 90 games this season, with two or more RBI in 8.9% of those games (eight). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- In 71.1% of his contests this year (64 of 90), he has been set down on strikes at least once. In 30 of those games (33.3%), he registered more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | GP | 52 |
| 20 (52.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (53.8%) |
| 5 (13.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (25.0%) |
| 14 (36.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (32.7%) |
| 5 (13.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (15.4%) |
| 7 (18.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (25.0%) |
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