Ji-Hwan Bae and the Pittsburgh Pirates will take the field at PNC Park on Thursday, August 24, where they will face off against the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Justin Steele. The matchup will start at 7:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Bae
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -131 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send Steele (14-3) to the mound for his 24th start this season.
- The left-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed six hits in six innings pitched against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 28-year-old’s 3.20 ERA ranks 11th, 1.182 WHIP ranks 21st, and 8.7 K/9 ranks 30th.
- The Cubs strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- The Cubs have the 17th-ranked ERA (4.32) in the majors this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.287 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Cubs have given up the ninth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 141 home runs allowed.
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Ji-Hwan Bae Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Drew Smyly | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/14/2023 | Drew Smyly | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/25/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Wade Miley | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Javier Assad | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 |
Bae Stats and Trends
- Bae has reached base with a base hit 39 times this year in 74 games played (52.7%), including multiple knocks in 17.6% of them (13 times).
- This season, he has homered in two of the 74 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 28 times this season in 74 games played (37.8%), including nine games with more than one run (12.2%).
- In 18.9% of his contests this season (14 of 74), Bae has tallied at least one RBI. In six of those games (8.1%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once 48 times this year in 74 games (64.9%), including 13 games with more than one strikeout (17.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 40 |
| 16 (47.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 23 (57.5%) |
| 6 (17.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (17.5%) |
| 12 (35.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (40.0%) |
| 1 (2.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.5%) |
| 9 (26.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (12.5%) |
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