Michael Massey and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs at 2:20 PM ET on Sunday, August 20 at Wrigley Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Massey
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -151 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Hendricks (4-6) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his 17th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in six innings pitched against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
- The 33-year-old has an ERA of 4.19, a 3.81 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.159 in 16 games this season.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.28 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.284 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs have given up the seventh-fewest long balls so far this season with only 136 home runs allowed.
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Michael Massey Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2023 | Justin Steele | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Massey Stats and Trends
- Massey has recorded a hit in 50 of 97 games this season, with multiple hits in 18 of them.
- In nine of 97 games this season, he has homered (9.3%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 2.9% of his trips to the dish.
- He has touched home plate at least one time in 25 of 97 games played this season (25.8%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- In 27.8% of his 97 games this season, Massey has tallied an RBI (27 times). Also, he’s put up 11 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (11.3%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 54 out of 97 games this season (55.7%), while fanning multiple times in 18 of those games (18.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | GP | 49 |
| 24 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (53.1%) |
| 9 (18.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (18.4%) |
| 15 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (20.4%) |
| 3 (6.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (12.2%) |
| 16 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (22.4%) |
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