The upcoming matchup between Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Chicago Cubs (with Jameson Taillon drawing the start) is scheduled for Friday, August 18 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -118 |
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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 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 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.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.287 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up the ninth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 135 home runs allowed.
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Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has picked up a hit in 58.3% of his 60 games this season, with multiple base hits in 20.0% of those games (12).
- Out of the 60 games he has appeared in this season, he’s homered in seven contests (11.7%), homering in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 20 times this year in 60 games played (33.3%), including seven times when he tallied multiple runs (11.7%).
- Waters has driven in a run in 26.7% of his 60 games this year, with two or more RBI in 8.3% of those contests (five). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 75.0% of his 60 games this year, while fanning more than once in 41.7% of those contests (25).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 28 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (46.4%) |
| 7 (21.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (17.9%) |
| 16 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (14.3%) |
| 4 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (10.7%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (21.4%) |
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