On Friday, August 18 at 6:40 PM ET, Paul DeJong and the Toronto Blue Jays will square off against starter Brett Kennedy and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, airing on APLTV.
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Player Prop Odds for DeJong
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -133 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cincinnati Reds
- Kennedy will get the start for the Reds, his second of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, throwing two scoreless innings of relief and allowing one hit.
- The Reds average the 19th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Reds have the 26th-ranked ERA (4.77) in the majors this season.
- The Reds have a combined WHIP of 1.412 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- With 170 homers allowed, the Reds rank 28th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Paul DeJong Stats vs. the Reds
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/2023 | Hunter Greene | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/10/2023 | Andrew Abbott | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/9/2023 | Ben Lively | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/25/2023 | Luke Weaver | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/23/2023 | Graham Ashcraft | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 5/22/2023 | Brandon Williamson | 2-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Luis Cessa | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Mike Minor | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Fernando Cruz | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2022 | Mike Minor | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
DeJong Stats and Trends
- In 52.7% of his games this season (49-of-93), DeJong has posted a hit. In 18 of those games (19.4%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
- Out of the 93 games he has appeared in this season, he’s homered in 13 contests (14.0%), homering in 3.7% of his plate appearances.
- In 31 of 93 contests this year (33.3%), he has scored, and six of those games (6.5%) included a performance that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 21 of 93 games this season (22.6%), DeJong has tallied an RBI, and in eight of those games (8.6%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 67 times this year in 93 games played (72.0%), including 32 times striking out multiple times (34.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | GP | 52 |
| 21 (51.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (53.8%) |
| 5 (12.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (25.0%) |
| 14 (34.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (32.7%) |
| 5 (12.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (15.4%) |
| 8 (19.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (25.0%) |
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