Jake Cave: MLB Player Prop Bets for Phillies Vs Nationals – August 18, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 17, 2023

Nationals Park is where Jake Cave and the Philadelphia Phillies will take on starter Joan Adon and the Washington Nationals on Friday, August 18 at 7:05 PM ET.

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

Player Prop Odds for Cave

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -142
Runs 0.5 -111
RBI 0.5 -112
Strikeouts 1.5 +100

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Stats and Trends for the Washington Nationals

  • The Nationals will send Adon to the mound for his third start of the season.
  • The right-hander last pitched on Friday against the Oakland Athletics, throwing three innings and giving up two earned runs.
  • The Nationals have a 7.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in baseball.
  • Nationals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.88 this year, which ranks 27th in MLB.
  • Nationals pitchers have a 1.450 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
  • The Nationals have allowed the most home runs this season with 181, or 1.5 per game.

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Jake Cave Stats vs. the Nationals

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/10/2023 Patrick Corbin 0-for-1 0 0 0 0 0/1 0
8/8/2023 Josiah Gray 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
8/8/2023 Trevor Williams 2-for-4 1 1 2 2 1/0 0

Cave Stats and Trends

  • In 47.4% of his games this season (18-of-38), Cave has recorded a hit. In eight of those games (21.1%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
  • Out of the 38 games he has appeared in this season, he’s hit a home run in three contests (7.9%), going deep in 2.4% of his plate appearances.
  • In six of 38 games this season (15.8%), he has scored at least one run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
  • Cave has picked up at least one RBI 10 times this season in 38 tries (26.3%), including plating more than one run in 7.9% of games (three times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on one occasion.
  • He has gone down on strikes at least once in 68.4% of his games this season (26 of 38), striking out multiple times in three of them (7.9%).
Home Away
17 GP 21
9 (52.9%) Games w/1+ Hit 9 (42.9%)
4 (23.5%) Games w/2+ Hits 4 (19.0%)
3 (17.6%) Games w/1+ Run 3 (14.3%)
2 (11.8%) Games w/1+ HR 1 (4.8%)
5 (29.4%) Games w/1+ RBI 5 (23.8%)

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