Wrigley Field is where Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs will face off against starter Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, August 19 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Swanson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +112 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Singer (8-8) for his 25th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed 7 1/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on two hits in a matchup with the Seattle Mariners.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 27-year-old’s 4.91 ERA ranks 52nd, 1.319 WHIP ranks 44th, and 7.7 K/9 ranks 45th.
- The Royals strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.18 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.423 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- With 152 homers allowed, the Royals rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
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Dansby Swanson Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Cole Ragans | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Swanson Stats and Trends
- Swanson has recorded a hit 64 times this year in 107 games played (59.8%), with 28 multi-hit efforts (26.2%).
- He has hit a long ball in 15.0% of his games in 2023 (16 of 107), which amounts to 3.9% of his trips to the plate.
- In 41.1% of his 107 games this season, he has scored (44 times). Also, he’s put up 12 games with multiple runs in 2023 (11.2%).
- Swanson has picked up at least one RBI 38 times this season in 107 games played (35.5%), including 15 times driving in multiple runs (14.0%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 70.1% of his games this season (75 of 107), striking out multiple times in 31 of those contests (29.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 53 |
| 37 (68.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (50.9%) |
| 14 (25.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (26.4%) |
| 26 (48.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (34.0%) |
| 9 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (13.2%) |
| 23 (42.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (28.3%) |
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