Sean Murphy: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Giants – August 18, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 17, 2023

At 7:20 PM ET on Friday, August 18, Sean Murphy and the Atlanta Braves will take the diamond against the San Francisco Giants and starting pitcher Alex Cobb at Truist Park, airing on BSSE.

Looking to wager on Murphy 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 Murphy

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -145
Runs 0.5 -118
RBI 0.5 -115
Strikeouts 0.5 -143

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Stats and Trends for the San Francisco Giants

  • The Giants will send Cobb (6-4) to the mound for his 23rd start this season.
  • The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings while giving up six earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Texas Rangers.
  • Among qualified pitchers this season, the 35-year-old’s 3.62 ERA ranks 26th, 1.373 WHIP ranks 52nd, and 8.1 K/9 ranks 41st.
  • The Giants have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
  • The Giants have the eighth-best ERA (3.89) in the majors this season.
  • The Giants have a combined WHIP of just 1.240 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
  • The Giants have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 126, or one per game.

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Sean Murphy Stats vs. the Giants

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/7/2022 Logan Webb 2-for-3 0 0 0 1 0/1 0
8/6/2022 Carlos Rodón 2-for-4 0 0 1 0 0/0 0
4/27/2022 Sam Long 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
4/26/2022 Carlos Rodón 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 3/1 0
8/21/2021 Kevin Gausman 2-for-4 0 0 0 1 1/0 0
6/26/2021 Alex Wood 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
6/25/2021 Johnny Cueto 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0

Murphy Stats and Trends

  • In 63.1% of his 84 games this season, Murphy has recorded a base hit (53 times). He’s also registered 20 multi-hit games in 2023 (23.8%).
  • He has gone yard in 19 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 5.7% of his trips to the dish.
  • He has scored at least a run 40 times this season in 84 games played (47.6%), including 11 games with more than one run (13.1%).
  • Murphy has picked up at least one RBI 33 times this year in 84 games played (39.3%), including 17 times driving in multiple runs (20.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in eight contests.
  • In 65.5% of his contests this year (55 of 84), he has struck out one or more times. In 22 of those games (26.2%), he registered two or more strikeouts.
Home Away
42 GP 42
27 (64.3%) Games w/1+ Hit 26 (61.9%)
10 (23.8%) Games w/2+ Hits 10 (23.8%)
23 (54.8%) Games w/1+ Run 17 (40.5%)
8 (19.0%) Games w/1+ HR 11 (26.2%)
15 (35.7%) Games w/1+ RBI 18 (42.9%)

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