When the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals go head to head at Wrigley Field on Friday, August 18 at 2:20 PM ET, Patrick Wisdom will be back in the lineup (against starting pitcher Cole Ragans).
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Player Prop Odds for Wisdom
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -132 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -109 |
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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 in five innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The 25-year-old has pitched to a 4.21 ERA this season with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.2 walks per nine across 21 games.
- The Royals have a eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.20) in the majors this season.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.421 WHIP this season, fifth-worst in the majors.
- With 152 homers allowed, the Royals rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
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Patrick Wisdom Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2021 | Carlos Hernandez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2021 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Wisdom Stats and Trends
- Wisdom has a hit in 42.9% of his games this year (33 of 77), and he posted multiple base knocks in 10 of those contests (13.0%).
- He has left the yard in 17 of 77 games in 2023 (22.1%), which is 7.7% of his trips to the dish.
- In 31 of 77 contests this year (40.3%), he has scored, and seven of those games (9.1%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 27.3% of his 77 games this season, Wisdom has driven in a run (21 times). Also, he’s notched 12 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (15.6%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has struck out one or more times in 71.4% of his games this season (55 of 77), striking out multiple times in 32 of those games (41.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | GP | 41 |
| 12 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (51.2%) |
| 5 (13.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (12.2%) |
| 15 (41.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (39.0%) |
| 9 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (19.5%) |
| 10 (27.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (26.8%) |
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