Wrigley Field is where Nick Madrigal and the Chicago Cubs will take on starter Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, August 20 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Madrigal
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Lyles (3-13) will take the mound for the Royals, his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up six earned runs and allowed nine hits in five innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 32-year-old ranks 60th in ERA (6.17), 43rd in WHIP (1.294), and 56th in K/9 (6.2).
- The Royals strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.17 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.422 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Royals have given up 154 home runs so far this season (the 19th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Nick Madrigal Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Cole Ragans | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/16/2021 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2021 | Mike Minor | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/14/2021 | Jakob Junis | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/14/2021 | Brad Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/9/2021 | Mike Minor | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/8/2021 | Daniel Lynch | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2021 | Brad Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/11/2021 | Mike Minor | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/8/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
Madrigal Stats and Trends
- Madrigal has recorded a hit in 61.3% of his 62 games this season, with multiple hits in 21.0% of those games (13).
- This season, he has gone yard in two of the 62 games, leaving the ballpark in 1% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate at least one time in 22 of 62 games this year (35.5%), which includes two or more runs scored in five of those games (8.1%).
- Madrigal has notched at least one RBI 15 times this year in 62 games played (24.2%), including five games with more than one RBI (8.1%).
- This year, he has struck out in 18 of 62 games.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | GP | 27 |
| 21 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (63.0%) |
| 9 (25.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (14.8%) |
| 12 (34.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (37.0%) |
| 2 (5.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 8 (22.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (25.9%) |
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