Ildemaro Vargas’ Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees, who will be sending Michael King to the hill, face off at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, August 24. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Vargas
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +111 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -110 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- King will take to the mound for the Yankees, his third start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Sunday, when he threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up three earned runs while allowing two hits to the Boston Red Sox.
- The Yankees strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
- The Yankees have pitched to a 4.08 this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.249 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
- The Yankees have given up 159 home runs so far this season (the 20th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Ildemaro Vargas Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/23/2023 | Luis Severino | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/22/2023 | Carlos Rodón | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Vargas Stats and Trends
- Vargas has picked up a hit in 56.1% of his 57 games this season, with multiple base knocks in 17.5% of those contests (10).
- Out of the 57 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s hit a long ball in four contests (7.0%), leaving the yard in 2.1% of his plate appearances.
- In 19 of 57 games this year (33.3%), he has scored at least one run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Vargas has tallied at least one RBI in 24.6% of his games this season (14 of 57), including more than one RBI in eight of them (14.0%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 11 of 57 games this season, he has gone down on strikes at least once, and he has one game in which he fanned more than once.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | GP | 34 |
| 13 (56.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 19 (55.9%) |
| 3 (13.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (20.6%) |
| 6 (26.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (38.2%) |
| 3 (13.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.9%) |
| 5 (21.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (26.5%) |
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