Zack Short and the Detroit Tigers meet starter Drew Smyly and the Chicago Cubs at 6:40 PM ET on Tuesday, August 22 at Comerica Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Short
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -131 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -103 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Smyly (9-8) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his 22nd start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Friday, when he threw one scoreless inning without allowing a hit to the Kansas City Royals.
- The 34-year-old has pitched to a 5.15 ERA this season with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3 walks per nine across 26 games.
- The Cubs average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.29 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.284 WHIP this season.
- With just 138 homers allowed, the Cubs rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
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Short Stats and Trends
- In 41.3% of his games this year (31-of-75), Short has posted a hit. In seven of those games (9.3%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- In five of 75 games this season, he has homered (6.7%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 of 75 games this year, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Short has driven in a run in 20.0% of his 75 games this season, with more than one RBI in 13.3% of them (10). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 50.7% of his games this season (38 of 75), striking out multiple times in 11 of them (14.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 33 |
| 19 (45.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (36.4%) |
| 5 (11.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (6.1%) |
| 8 (19.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (12.1%) |
| 4 (9.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.0%) |
| 10 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (15.2%) |
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