On Saturday, August 19 at 2:20 PM ET, Christopher Morel and the Chicago Cubs will match up with starter Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Wrigley Field, airing on MARQ.
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Player Prop Odds for Morel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals’ Singer (8-8) will make his 25th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed two hits in 7 1/3 innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 27-year-old ranks 52nd in ERA (4.91), 44th in WHIP (1.319), and 45th in K/9 (7.7).
- The Royals have a 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.18) in the majors this season.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.423 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Royals have given up 152 home runs so far this season (the 21st-ranked total in MLB play).
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Christopher Morel 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 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Morel Stats and Trends
- Morel has recorded a hit in 48 of 78 games this season, with multiple hits in 17 of them.
- He has gone deep in 19 of 78 games in 2023 (24.4%), which is 6% of his trips to the dish.
- In 51.3% of his 78 games this season, he has touched home plate (40 times). Also, he’s put up eight games with multiple runs in 2023 (10.3%).
- In 46.2% of his contests this season (36 of 78), Morel has tallied at least one RBI. In 15 of those games (19.2%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in eight games.
- He has fanned 65 times this season in 78 games played (83.3%), including 31 times punching out multiple times (39.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | GP | 38 |
| 24 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 24 (63.2%) |
| 9 (22.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (21.1%) |
| 15 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 25 (65.8%) |
| 9 (22.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (26.3%) |
| 21 (52.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (39.5%) |
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