JJ Bleday returns to action when the Oakland Athletics take on the Baltimore Orioles and starting pitcher Kyle Gibson at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Friday, August 18. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Bleday
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -136 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Baltimore Orioles
- Gibson (11-7) will take to the mound for the Orioles and make his 26th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up nine earned runs and allowed 12 hits in 5 1/3 innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 35-year-old’s 4.89 ERA ranks 55th, 1.328 WHIP ranks 49th, and 7.5 K/9 ranks 51st.
- The Orioles strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- Orioles pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.14 this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- Orioles pitchers have a 1.286 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- With just 136 homers allowed, the Orioles rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Bleday Stats and Trends
- In 52.6% of his 76 games this season, Bleday has notched a base hit (40 times). He’s also collected nine multi-hit games in 2023 (11.8%).
- Out of the 76 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in 10 contests (13.2%), going deep in 3.5% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 27 of 76 games this year (35.5%), which includes two or more runs scored in seven of those contests (9.2%).
- In 25.0% of his contests this year (19 of 76), Bleday has driven in at least one run. In six of those games (7.9%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two games.
- In 56.6% of his contests this season (43 of 76), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 21 of those games (27.6%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | GP | 41 |
| 16 (45.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 24 (58.5%) |
| 4 (11.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (12.2%) |
| 13 (37.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (34.1%) |
| 6 (17.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (9.8%) |
| 11 (31.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (19.5%) |
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