Zack Short’s Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, who will be sending Kenta Maeda to the hill, face off 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 Short
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -128 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -104 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +105 |
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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 gave up one earned run in six innings pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the Detroit Tigers.
- The 35-year-old has an ERA of 3.97, a 4.47 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.112 in 13 games this season.
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- The Twins have the seventh-best ERA (3.88) in the majors this season.
- The Twins have a combined 1.197 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- With 140 homers allowed, the Twins rank 14th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Zack Short Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/15/2023 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Short Stats and Trends
- Short has recorded a hit in 42.3% of his 71 games this year, with multiple hits in 9.9% of those games (seven).
- He has left the yard in five of 71 games in 2023 (7.0%), which is 2.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 of 71 games this season, he has crossed the plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Short has driven in at least one run in 15 out of 71 games this year (21.1%). He has collected two or more RBI in 10 of those contests (14.1%).
- He has fanned 34 times this season in 71 tries (47.9%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 14.1% of games (10 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 29 |
| 19 (45.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (37.9%) |
| 5 (11.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (6.9%) |
| 8 (19.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (13.8%) |
| 4 (9.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.4%) |
| 10 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (17.2%) |
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