Christian Vazquez’s Minnesota Twins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, who will be sending Mitch Keller to the hill, go head to head at Target Field on Saturday, August 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Vázquez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -131 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- The Pirates will hand the ball to Keller (9-8) for his 26th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed five hits in six innings against the Cincinnati Reds.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 27-year-old ranks 39th in ERA (4.27), 38th in WHIP (1.283), and 17th in K/9 (9.7).
- The Pirates have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
- The Pirates have the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.65) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.407 WHIP this season.
- The Pirates have given up 138 home runs so far this season (the 11th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Christian Vázquez Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Andre Jackson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Vázquez Stats and Trends
- Vazquez has reached base with a base hit 37 times this year in 76 games played (48.7%), including multiple knocks in 21.1% of them (16 times).
- He has homered in three of 76 games in 2023 (3.9%), which is 1.1% of his trips to the plate.
- In 20 of 76 contests this year (26.3%), he has scored a run, and five of those games (6.6%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- Vazquez has produced at least one run in 22.4% of his games this year (17 of 76), including more than one RBI in six of those contests (7.9%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out in 46 of 76 games this season, including multiple Ks in nine of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | GP | 38 |
| 20 (52.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (44.7%) |
| 8 (21.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (21.1%) |
| 12 (31.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (21.1%) |
| 2 (5.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.6%) |
| 10 (26.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (18.4%) |
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