On Tuesday, August 22 at 9:40 PM ET, Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will square off against starter Dany Jimenez and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -120 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -147 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Jimenez gets the nod for the Athletics and will make his first start of the season.
- The 29-year-old right-hander will make his first start after coming out of the bullpen nine times this campaign.
- He has pitched to a 6.75 ERA this season with 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 7.9 walks per nine across nine games.
- The Athletics have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.80 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.546 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 170, or 1.4 per game.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2023 | Mason Miller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 1-for-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2022 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 1 |
| 6/25/2022 | Jared Koenig | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2022 | Jared Koenig | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/18/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2022 | Frankie Montás | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
Witt Stats and Trends
- Witt has tallied a hit 84 times this season in 124 games played (67.7%), with 41 multi-hit efforts (33.1%).
- He has hit a long ball in 24 games this season, going deep in 4.6% of his plate appearances.
- In 46.8% of his 124 games this season, he has touched home plate (58 times). Also, he’s put up 12 games with multiple runs in 2023 (9.7%).
- In 47 of 124 games this season (37.9%), Witt has driven in a run, and in 18 of those games (14.5%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in eight contests.
- In 58.1% of his contests this season (72 of 124), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 22 of those games (17.7%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 63 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 44 (69.8%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 19 (30.2%) |
| 30 (49.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 28 (44.4%) |
| 14 (23%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (15.9%) |
| 25 (41%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 22 (34.9%) |
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