The upcoming matchup between Freddy Fermin’s Kansas City Royals and the Chicago Cubs (with Justin Steele drawing the start) is scheduled for Saturday, August 19 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Fermin
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -153 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send Steele (13-3) to the mound for his 23rd start this season.
- The left-hander gave up three earned runs in five innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 28-year-old’s 3.21 ERA ranks eighth, 1.190 WHIP ranks 26th, and 8.6 K/9 ranks 32nd among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.29 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.283 WHIP this season, 16th in the majors.
- The Cubs have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 136, or 1.1 per game.
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Freddy Fermin 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 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Fermin Stats and Trends
- Fermin has recorded a hit in 69.4% of his 49 games this season, with multiple base hits in 28.6% of them (14).
- He has hit a long ball in eight games this season, going deep in 4.8% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 17 of 49 games this year, including multiple runs scored in five of them.
- In 44.9% of his contests this season (22 of 49), Fermin has plated at least one run. In five of those games (10.2%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- In 51.0% of his contests this year (25 of 49), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 11 of those games (22.4%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | GP | 22 |
| 18 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (72.7%) |
| 6 (22.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (36.4%) |
| 7 (25.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (45.5%) |
| 3 (11.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (22.7%) |
| 12 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (45.5%) |
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