At 6:40 PM ET on Friday, August 25, Javier Baez and the Detroit Tigers will suit up against the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Framber Valdez at Comerica Park, airing on BSDET.
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Player Prop Odds for Báez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -152 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Valdez (9-9) will make his 25th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up six earned runs and allowed 10 hits in five innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 29-year-old’s 3.55 ERA ranks 19th, 1.125 WHIP ranks 14th, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 26th.
- The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.97 this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
- Astros pitchers have a 1.299 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Astros have allowed 158 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 18th in MLB.
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/5/2023 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/4/2023 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/3/2023 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/14/2022 | Cristian Javier | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/12/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/8/2022 | Jake Odorizzi | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/7/2022 | Framber Valdez | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2022 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/5/2022 | Jose Urquidy | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- Baez has reached base with a base hit 66 times this season in 113 games played (58.4%), including multiple knocks in 23.0% of them (26 times).
- He has gone yard in eight games this season, leaving the ballpark in 1.7% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate in 39.8% of his 113 games this season. That includes two or more runs scored in 5.3% of those contests (six).
- In 31.9% of his contests this season (36 of 113), Baez has driven in at least one run. In 13 of those games (11.5%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 68 times this season in 113 games (60.2%), including 29 games with more than one strikeout (25.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 58 |
| 32 (58.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (58.6%) |
| 12 (21.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (24.1%) |
| 18 (32.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 27 (46.6%) |
| 3 (5.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.6%) |
| 20 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (27.6%) |
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