Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Adrian Martinez to the hill, square off at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Wednesday, August 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 3:37 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -151 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -119 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send out Martinez for his first start of the season.
- The 26-year-old righty has pitched out of the bullpen 14 times already this year, but will make his first start.
- He has an ERA of 5.85, a batting average against of .270 and 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings in 14 games this season.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.78 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.541 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 170, or 1.3 per game.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Dany Jimenez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 8/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has a hit in 55.4% of his games this year (36 of 65), and he posted multiple base knocks in 12 of those contests (18.5%).
- Out of the 65 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in seven contests (10.8%), going deep in 2.9% of his plate appearances.
- In 22 of 65 contests this year (33.8%), he has scored, and seven of those games (10.8%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- Waters has driven in at least one run 17 times this season in 65 games played (26.2%), including five games with more than one RBI (7.7%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 49 of 65 games this season, including multiple Ks in 25 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 33 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (42.4%) |
| 7 (21.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (15.2%) |
| 16 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (18.2%) |
| 4 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (9.1%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (21.2%) |
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