Dairon Blanco returns to action when the Kansas City Royals take on the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Justin Steele 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 Blanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -107 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -140 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will hand the ball to Steele (13-3) for his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 28-year-old’s 3.21 ERA ranks eighth, 1.190 WHIP ranks 26th, and 8.6 K/9 ranks 32nd.
- The Cubs have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.29 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.283 WHIP this season.
- The Cubs have given up the eighth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 136 home runs allowed.
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Blanco Stats and Trends
- This season, Blanco has tallied at least one hit in 17 of 28 games played (60.7%), with two multi-hit games.
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 28 games.
- In six of 28 games this year (21.4%), he has scored at least a run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Blanco has picked up at least one RBI in nine of 28 games played this season (32.1%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- He has struck out in 50.0% of his 28 games this season, while fanning more than once in 25.0% of those contests (seven).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 14 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (64.3%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (28.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (14.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (28.6%) |
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