Kyle Isbel’s Kansas City Royals and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Justin Steele to the mound, face off at Wrigley Field on Saturday, August 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Isbel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -121 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Steele (13-3) will take the mound for the Cubs, his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw five innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up three earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 28-year-old ranks eighth in ERA (3.21), 26th in WHIP (1.190), and 32nd in K/9 (8.6) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Cubs strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.29 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.283 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up the eighth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 136 home runs allowed.
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Kyle Isbel Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Isbel Stats and Trends
- Isbel has reached base with a base hit 37 times this season in 65 games played (56.9%), including multiple knocks in 20.0% of them (13 times).
- He has hit a home run in four games this season, going deep in 1.7% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run in 23 out of 65 games this year (35.4%), which includes two or more runs scored in six of them (9.2%).
- In 27.7% of his contests this year (18 of 65), Isbel has tallied at least one RBI. In three of those games (4.6%) he recorded two or more RBI.
- He has fanned 33 times this year in 65 tries (50.8%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 13.8% of games (nine times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | GP | 32 |
| 19 (57.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (56.3%) |
| 7 (21.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (18.8%) |
| 11 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (37.5%) |
| 2 (6.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (6.3%) |
| 11 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (21.9%) |
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