Julio Rodriguez’s Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros, who will be sending Framber Valdez to the hill, match up at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, August 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Rodriguez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -125 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros will hand the ball to Valdez (9-8) for his 24th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Monday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed six hits in 7 2/3 innings against the Miami Marlins.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 29-year-old’s 3.31 ERA ranks 15th, 1.082 WHIP ranks 12th, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 30th.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- Astros pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.78 this year, third-best in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.266 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- With 148 homers allowed, the Astros rank 17th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Julio Rodriguez Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | J.P. France | 4-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 2 |
| 7/9/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 2 |
| 7/8/2023 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 7/7/2023 | Hunter Brown | 2-for-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2023 | Ronel Blanco | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 5/6/2023 | J.P. France | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/5/2023 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/15/2022 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 1-for-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/1 | 1 |
| 10/13/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Rodriguez Stats and Trends
- Rodriguez has recorded a hit in 80 of 119 games this year, with multiple hits in 43 of them.
- In 20 of 119 games this season, he has homered (16.8%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 3.8% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored in 62 of 119 games this season, including multiple runs scored in nine of them.
- Rodriguez has produced at least one run 46 times this year in 119 games played (38.7%), including 18 games with more than one RBI (15.1%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in nine contests.
- In 73.1% of his contests this season (87 of 119), he has struck out at least once. In 41 of those games (34.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 58 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (69.0%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 21 (36.2%) |
| 31 (50.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 31 (53.4%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (19.0%) |
| 24 (39.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 22 (37.9%) |
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