Salvador Perez 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 Pérez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -151 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -129 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Hendricks (4-6) will take the mound for the Cubs, his 17th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs in six innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
- The 33-year-old has an ERA of 4.19, 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .243 in 16 games this season.
- The Cubs have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.28 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.284 WHIP this season.
- The Cubs have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 136, or 1.1 per game.
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Salvador Pérez Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2023 | Justin Steele | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2021 | Alec Mills | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2021 | Keegan Thompson | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2021 | Zach Davies | 2-for-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
Pérez Stats and Trends
- Perez has a hit in 64.9% of his games this season (72 of 111), and he posted more than one hit in 30 of those contests (27.0%).
- He has homered in 16.2% of his games this season (111 contests), going yard in 4.1% of his trips to home plate.
- In 35.1% of his 111 games this season, he has scored a run (39 times). Also, he’s put up eight games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.2%).
- Perez has picked up at least one RBI 35 times this year in 111 tries (31.5%), including plating more than one run in 10.8% of games (12 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on six occasions.
- In 67.6% of his contests this season (75 of 111), he has struck out one or more times. In 25 of those games (22.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 56 |
| 38 (69.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (60.7%) |
| 17 (30.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (23.2%) |
| 20 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (33.9%) |
| 8 (14.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (17.9%) |
| 18 (32.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (30.4%) |
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