Christian Encarnacion-Strand: MLB Player Prop Bets for Reds Vs Blue Jays – August 18, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 17, 2023

At 6:40 PM ET on Friday, August 18, Christian Encarnacion-Strand and the Cincinnati Reds will suit up against the Toronto Blue Jays and starting pitcher Jose Berrios at Great American Ball Park, airing on APLTV.

Looking to place a bet on Encarnacion-Strand ahead of his matchup on Friday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Encarnacion-Strand

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 1.5 -102
Runs 0.5 -131
RBI 0.5 -127
Strikeouts 1.5 +105

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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 gave up four earned runs and allowed nine hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched against the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
  • Among qualified pitchers this season, the 29-year-old’s 3.53 ERA ranks 23rd, 1.219 WHIP ranks 32nd, and 8.5 K/9 ranks 35th.
  • The Blue Jays strike out 9.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
  • 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.
  • The Blue Jays have given up 147 home runs so far this season (the 18th-ranked total in MLB play).

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Encarnacion-Strand Stats and Trends

  • In 63.0% of his games this season (17-of-27), Encarnacion-Strand has recorded a hit. In six of those games (22.2%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
  • In three of 27 games this season, he has homered (11.1%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 3% of his trips to the dish.
  • He has touched home plate 11 times this year in 27 games played (40.7%). He does not, however, have a multi-run effort.
  • In 29.6% of his 27 games this season, Encarnacion-Strand has tallied an RBI (eight times). Also, he’s notched four games with multiple RBI in 2023 (14.8%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
  • In 17 of 27 games this year (63.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, nine of those games (33.3%) included a performance that resulted in more than one punchout.
Home Away
15 GP 12
11 (73.3%) Games w/1+ Hit 6 (50.0%)
3 (20.0%) Games w/2+ Hits 3 (25.0%)
8 (53.3%) Games w/1+ Run 3 (25.0%)
3 (20.0%) Games w/1+ HR 0 (0.0%)
5 (33.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 3 (25.0%)

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