The upcoming matchup between Will Benson’s Cincinnati Reds and the Toronto Blue Jays (with Jose Berrios drawing the start) is scheduled for Friday, August 18 at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Benson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +101 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -126 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- The Blue Jays’ Berrios (9-8) will make his 25th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings while giving up four earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Chicago Cubs.
- The 29-year-old ranks 23rd in ERA (3.53), 32nd in WHIP (1.219), and 35th in K/9 (8.5) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
- The Blue Jays have a 9.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
- Blue Jays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.73 this year, first-best in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of just 1.245 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
- With 147 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Will Benson Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/13/2022 | Mitchell White | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/12/2022 | José Berríos | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
Benson Stats and Trends
- Benson has tallied a hit 35 times this season in 69 games played (50.7%), with 12 multi-hit efforts (17.4%).
- He has homered in seven games this season, leaving the ballpark in 3.2% of his plate appearances.
- In 27 of 69 contests this year (39.1%), he has scored, and five of those games (7.2%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- Benson has notched an RBI in 13 of 69 games this season, including multiple RBI in six of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 63.8% of his contests this year (44 of 69), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In 15 of those games (21.7%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | GP | 36 |
| 14 (42.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (58.3%) |
| 3 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (25.0%) |
| 10 (30.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (47.2%) |
| 5 (15.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.6%) |
| 7 (21.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (16.7%) |
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