The upcoming matchup between Dairon Blanco’s Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics (with Adrian Martinez drawing the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23 at 3:37 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Blanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -109 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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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 right-hander will make his first start after pitching in relief 14 times this campaign.
- 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.
- With 170 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Blanco Stats and Trends
- In 18 of 30 contests this year (60.0%), Blanco has reached safely via hit, including two games with multiple base knocks.
- In the 30 games he’s appeared in this season, he has no home runs.
- In six of 30 games this season (20.0%), he has touched home plate at least one time, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Blanco has tallied at least one RBI in nine of 30 games played this season (30.0%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- He has struck out in 46.7% of his 30 games this season, while fanning more than once in 23.3% of those contests (seven).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 16 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 10 (62.5%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (28.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (12.5%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (25.0%) |
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