The upcoming game between Esteury Ruiz’s Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals (with Cole Ragans drawing the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23 at 3:37 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ruiz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -104 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -126 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -123 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -150 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Ragans (4-4) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw six innings against the Chicago Cubs, giving up three earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 22 games this season with a 4.25 ERA, 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .244.
- The Royals strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.18 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined 1.414 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
- With 161 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Esteury Ruiz Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Angel Zerpa | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2023 | Tucker Davidson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 5/7/2023 | Ryan Yarbrough | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2023 | Brady Singer | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 5/5/2023 | Brad Keller | 3-for-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | 2 |
Ruiz Stats and Trends
- In 67 of 100 games this year (67.0%), Ruiz has gotten a hit, and he collected more than one hit in 21 of those contests (21.0%).
- Despite registering a plate appearance in 100 games this season, he has swatted just two home runs.
- In 32 of 100 contests this year (32.0%), he has scored, and four of those games (4.0%) included a performance that produced two or more runs scored.
- Ruiz has notched an RBI in 27.0% of his 100 games this year, with more than one RBI in 8.0% of them (eight). He has also knocked in three or more runs in one contest.
- He has fanned 56 times this year in 100 games played (56.0%), including 24 times punching out multiple times (24.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | GP | 47 |
| 34 (64.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (70.2%) |
| 12 (22.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (19.1%) |
| 13 (24.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (40.4%) |
| 1 (1.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.1%) |
| 16 (30.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (23.4%) |
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