Zack Short’s Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, who will be sending Bailey Ober to the mound, match up at Target Field on Tuesday, August 15. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Short
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -136 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins’ Ober (6-6) will make his 20th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed 11 hits in five innings against the Detroit Tigers.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in 19 games this season with an ERA of 3.40, a 5.63 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.113.
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- The Twins have pitched to a 3.88 this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- Twins pitchers have a 1.198 WHIP this season, second-best in the majors.
- The Twins have allowed 138 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 15th in MLB.
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Zack Short Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Kenta Maeda | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2023 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/23/2023 | Kenta Maeda | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/18/2023 | Louie Varland | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2023 | José De León | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/28/2021 | Charlie Barnes | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/30/2021 | Bailey Ober | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Short Stats and Trends
- Short has collected a hit in 30 out of 70 games this year (42.9%), with at least two hits in seven of those contests (10.0%).
- He has gone yard in 7.1% of his games in 2023 (five of 70), which amounts to 2.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 of 70 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Short has picked up an RBI in 21.4% of his 70 games this season, with more than one RBI in 14.3% of those games (10). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 33 out of 70 games this year (47.1%), while fanning multiple times in 10 of those contests (14.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 28 |
| 19 (45.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (39.3%) |
| 5 (11.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (7.1%) |
| 8 (19.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (14.3%) |
| 4 (9.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.6%) |
| 10 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (17.9%) |
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