Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals meet 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 Pérez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -139 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs’ Taillon (7-7) will make his 22nd start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up eight earned runs and allowed eight hits in three innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 31-year-old has an ERA of 5.71, a 2.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.385 in 21 games this season.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.30 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Cubs rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.287 WHIP this season.
- With just 135 homers allowed, the Cubs rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Salvador Pérez Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2021 | Alec Mills | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2021 | Keegan Thompson | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2021 | Zach Davies | 2-for-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
Pérez Stats and Trends
- Perez has reached base with a base hit 71 times this season in 109 games played (65.1%), including multiple knocks in 26.6% of them (29 times).
- He has hit a long ball in 18 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 4.2% of his chances at the plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 38 out of 109 games this year (34.9%), which includes more than one run scored in seven of them (6.4%).
- Perez has picked up an RBI in 34 of 109 games this season, including multiple RBI in 12 of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
- In 74 of 109 games this year (67.9%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 25 of those games (22.9%) included a performance that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 54 |
| 38 (69.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (61.1%) |
| 17 (30.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (22.2%) |
| 20 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (33.3%) |
| 8 (14.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (18.5%) |
| 18 (32.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (29.6%) |
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