Matt Duffy and the Kansas City Royals face off against starter Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs at 2:20 PM ET on Friday, August 18 at Wrigley Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Duffy
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -105 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +100 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send Taillon (7-7) to the mound for his 22nd start this season.
- The right-hander gave up eight earned runs in three innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- 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 strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.30 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.287 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Cubs have given up the ninth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 135 home runs allowed.
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Duffy Stats and Trends
- Duffy has picked up a hit in 54.8% of his 62 games this year, with multiple base knocks in 8.1% of those games (five).
- He has homered in one of 62 games, going deep in 0.6% of his plate appearances this season.
- In 12 of 62 games this year, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Duffy has driven in at least one run in nine of 62 games played this season (14.5%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- In 41.9% of his 62 games this season, he has gone down on strikes (26 times). He’s also had four games with multiple Ks in 2023 (6.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 28 |
| 22 (64.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (42.9%) |
| 4 (11.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.6%) |
| 8 (23.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (14.3%) |
| 1 (2.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 (20.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (7.1%) |
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