Dansby Swanson’s Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Cole Ragans to the hill, face off at Wrigley Field on Friday, August 18. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Swanson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Ragans (3-4) to the mound for his sixth start this season.
- The left-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed seven hits in five innings pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 4.21, a 2.32 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.362 in 21 games this season.
- The Royals have a eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.20 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.421 WHIP this season, fifth-worst in the majors.
- The Royals have given up 152 home runs so far this season (the 21st-ranked total in MLB play).
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Swanson Stats and Trends
- Swanson has a hit in 60.4% of his games this season (64 of 106), and he posted multiple hits in 28 of those contests (26.4%).
- In 15.1% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball (16 of 106). He’s left the yard in 3.9% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least a run in 41.5% of his contests this year (44 of 106), with two or more runs scored in 12 of those games (11.3%).
- Swanson has tallied at least one RBI in 35.8% of his games this year (38 of 106), including more than one RBI in 15 of those games (14.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has fanned 74 times this season in 106 games played (69.8%), including 30 times punching out multiple times (28.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | GP | 53 |
| 37 (69.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (50.9%) |
| 14 (26.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (26.4%) |
| 26 (49.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (34.0%) |
| 9 (17.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (13.2%) |
| 23 (43.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (28.3%) |
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