Kyle Isbel 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 Isbel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (7-7) will take to the mound for the Cubs and 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 pitched in 21 games this season with a 5.71 ERA, 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .267.
- 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.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.287 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Cubs have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 135, or 1.1 per game.
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Isbel Stats and Trends
- Isbel has recorded a hit 36 times this season in 64 games played (56.3%), with 13 multi-hit efforts (20.3%).
- He has homered in four of 64 games in 2023 (6.3%), which is 1.7% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 23 times this season in 64 games played (35.9%), including six games with more than one run (9.4%).
- Isbel has plated at least one run in 26.6% of his games this season (17 of 64), including more than one RBI in three of those games (4.7%).
- In 51.6% of his contests this season (33 of 64), he has struck out one or more times. In nine of those games (14.1%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | GP | 31 |
| 19 (57.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (54.8%) |
| 7 (21.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (19.4%) |
| 11 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (38.7%) |
| 2 (6.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (6.5%) |
| 11 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (19.4%) |
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