Francisco Alvarez: MLB Player Prop Bets for Mets Vs Pirates – August 14, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 14, 2023

Citi Field is where Francisco Alvarez and the New York Mets will face off against starter Quinn Priester and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, August 14 at 7:10 PM ET.

Looking to wager on Alvarez ahead of his matchup on Monday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Alvarez

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -144
Runs 0.5 -115
Home Runs 0.5 +115
RBI 0.5 -117
Strikeouts 0.5 -145

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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Priester (2-1) will take to the mound for the Pirates and make his sixth start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw four innings against the Atlanta Braves, giving up four earned runs while allowing nine hits.
  • The 22-year-old has pitched in five games this season with an 8.75 ERA, 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .297.
  • The Pirates strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
  • The Pirates have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.60) in the majors this season.
  • The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.399 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
  • The Pirates have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 128, or 1.1 per game.

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Francisco Alvarez Stats vs. the Pirates

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
6/11/2023 Mitch Keller 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
6/10/2023 Juan Carlos Oviedo 1-for-4 1 1 1 1 0/0 0
6/9/2023 Rich Hill 1-for-5 0 0 1 1 1/0 0

Alvarez Stats and Trends

  • Alvarez has tallied a hit 46 times this year in 84 games played (54.8%), with 15 multi-hit efforts (17.9%).
  • In 21.4% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball (18 of 84). He’s hit a round-tripper in 6.8% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
  • He has scored at least a run in 35 of 84 games this season (41.7%), which includes more than one run scored in six of those contests (7.1%).
  • Alvarez has driven in at least one run 25 times this season in 84 games played (29.8%), including 12 times driving in multiple runs (14.3%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
  • He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 60.7% of his games this season (51 of 84), striking out multiple times in 18 of those contests (21.4%).
Home Away
40 GP 44
21 (52.5%) Games w/1+ Hit 25 (56.8%)
4 (10.0%) Games w/2+ Hits 11 (25.0%)
14 (35.0%) Games w/1+ Run 21 (47.7%)
5 (12.5%) Games w/1+ HR 13 (29.5%)
9 (22.5%) Games w/1+ RBI 16 (36.4%)

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