Juan Soto’s San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will be sending Merrill Kelly to the hill, square off at on Saturday, August 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Soto
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -143 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -135 |
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Stats and Trends for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- The Diamondbacks will send Kelly (9-5) to the mound for his 22nd start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Colorado Rockies.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 34-year-old’s 3.05 ERA ranks fifth, 1.161 WHIP ranks 20th, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 19th.
- The Diamondbacks strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- Diamondbacks pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.67 this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Diamondbacks have a combined WHIP of 1.342 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- With 151 homers allowed, the Diamondbacks rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Juan Soto Stats vs. the Diamondbacks
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Brandon Pfaadt | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2023 | Zac Gallen | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2023 | Brandon Pfaadt | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/12/2023 | Zac Gallen | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/11/2023 | Ryne Nelson | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/23/2023 | Drey Jameson | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 4/22/2023 | Merrill Kelly | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/21/2023 | Zac Gallen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/20/2023 | Ryne Nelson | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/4/2023 | Zac Gallen | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Soto Stats and Trends
- Soto has collected a hit in 69 of 123 games this year, with multiple hits in 36 of them.
- In 17.1% of his games this season, he has homered (21 of 123). He’s gone deep in 4.5% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has touched home plate at least one time 51 times this year in 123 games played (41.5%), including 14 games with more than one run (11.4%).
- In 37.4% of his contests this year (46 of 123), Soto has notched at least one RBI. In 18 of those games (14.6%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in eight games.
- In 63.4% of his 123 games this season, he has gone down on strikes (78 times). He’s also had 23 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (18.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | GP | 60 |
| 35 (55.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (56.7%) |
| 11 (17.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 25 (41.7%) |
| 22 (34.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 29 (48.3%) |
| 8 (12.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (21.7%) |
| 23 (36.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 23 (38.3%) |
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