Kevin Pillar: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Giants – August 20, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 19, 2023

When the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants square off at Truist Park on Sunday, August 20 at 1:35 PM ET, Kevin Pillar will be back in the lineup (against starting pitcher Jakob Junis).

Looking to place a bet on Pillar ahead of his matchup on Sunday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Pillar

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -146
Runs 0.5 -115
RBI 0.5 -112
Strikeouts 0.5 -135

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Stats and Trends for the San Francisco Giants

  • The Giants’ Junis (3-3) will make his fifth start of the season.
  • The right-hander did not allow a run in four innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays.
  • The 30-year-old has pitched to a 4.10 ERA this season with 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.4 walks per nine across 32 games.
  • The Giants average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
  • The Giants have the ninth-best ERA (3.92) in the majors this season.
  • Giants pitchers have a 1.246 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
  • With just 128 homers allowed, the Giants rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.

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Kevin Pillar Stats vs. the Giants

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/26/2021 Alex Wood 0-for-2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
8/18/2021 Anthony DeSclafani 1-for-2 1 1 3 1 0/0 0
8/17/2021 Logan Webb 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0

Pillar Stats and Trends

  • In 41.4% of his games this year (24-of-58), Pillar has posted a hit. In six of those games (10.3%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
  • He has hit a long ball in 10.3% of his games this season (58 contests), going yard in 4.3% of his trips to the plate.
  • In 17 of 58 games this year (29.3%), he has scored at least one run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
  • In 27.6% of his 58 games this season, Pillar has notched an RBI (16 times). Also, he’s put up four games with multiple RBI in 2023 (6.9%).
  • He has struck out at least once in 28 out of 58 games this year (48.3%), while fanning multiple times in five of those contests (8.6%).
Home Away
26 GP 32
8 (30.8%) Games w/1+ Hit 16 (50.0%)
2 (7.7%) Games w/2+ Hits 4 (12.5%)
7 (26.9%) Games w/1+ Run 10 (31.3%)
2 (7.7%) Games w/1+ HR 4 (12.5%)
7 (26.9%) Games w/1+ RBI 9 (28.1%)

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