Drew Waters and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Dany Jimenez and the Oakland Athletics at 9:40 PM ET on Tuesday, August 22 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send out Jimenez for 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 in nine games this season with an ERA of 6.75, a batting average against of .179 and 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (5.80) in the majors this season.
- 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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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has recorded a hit in 36 of 64 games this year, with multiple hits in 12 of them.
- He has hit a long ball in 10.9% of his games in 2023 (seven of 64), which amounts to 3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 34.4% of his games this year (22 of 64), he has scored at least one run. In seven of those games (10.9%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- Waters has tallied an RBI in 17 of 64 games this season, including multiple RBI in five of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 48 of 64 games this year (75.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 25 of those games (39.1%) included an effort that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 32 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (43.8%) |
| 7 (21.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (15.6%) |
| 16 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (18.8%) |
| 4 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (9.4%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (21.9%) |
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