Javier Baez returns to action when the Detroit Tigers take on the Minnesota Twins and starting pitcher Kenta Maeda at Target Field on Wednesday, August 16. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Báez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins will hand the ball to Maeda (3-7) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Thursday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed three hits in six innings against the Detroit Tigers.
- The 35-year-old has pitched to a 3.97 ERA this season with 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.3 walks per nine across 13 games.
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.88 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.197 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
- The Twins have given up 140 home runs so far this season (the 14th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Kenta Maeda | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/25/2023 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/23/2023 | Kenta Maeda | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/18/2023 | Louie Varland | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2023 | José De León | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/16/2023 | Joe Ryan | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Sonny Gray | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 1 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- Baez has collected a hit in 63 of 109 games this year, with multiple hits in 25 of them.
- He has gone yard in seven games this season, going deep in 1.6% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 43 of 109 games this season, including multiple runs scored in six of them.
- Baez has produced at least one run 34 times this season in 109 tries (31.2%), including plating more than one run in 11.0% of games (12 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on three occasions.
- He has struck out in 67 of 109 games this year, including multiple Ks in 28 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 55 |
| 31 (57.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 32 (58.2%) |
| 12 (22.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (23.6%) |
| 18 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 25 (45.5%) |
| 3 (5.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (7.3%) |
| 19 (35.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (27.3%) |
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