At 2:20 PM ET on Friday, August 18, Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will suit up against the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Jameson Taillon at Wrigley Field, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -126 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (7-7) will take the mound for the Cubs, his 22nd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw three innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up eight earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in 21 games this season with an ERA of 5.71, a 2.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.385.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.30 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.287 WHIP this season.
- The Cubs have given up the ninth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 135 home runs allowed.
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Witt Stats and Trends
- Witt has collected a hit in 66.7% of his 120 games this season, with at least two hits in 32.5% of them (39).
- Out of the 120 games he has appeared in this season, he’s homered in 22 contests (18.3%), leaving the ballpark in 4.4% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 54 times this season in 120 games played (45.0%), including 11 times when he tallied multiple runs (9.2%).
- In 44 of 120 games this year (36.7%), Witt has driven in a run, and in 17 of those games (14.2%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in eight contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 70 out of 120 games this year (58.3%), while fanning multiple times in 22 of them (18.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 59 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (67.8%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 17 (28.8%) |
| 30 (49.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (40.7%) |
| 14 (23.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (13.6%) |
| 25 (41.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 19 (32.2%) |
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