Josh Smith returns to action when the Texas Rangers take on the Minnesota Twins and starting pitcher Sonny Gray at Target Field on Friday, August 25. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Smith
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -137 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins will send Gray (6-6) to the mound for his 26th start this season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw 6 2/3 innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving up four earned runs while allowing four hits.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 33-year-old’s 3.08 ERA ranks fifth, 1.203 WHIP ranks 28th, and 9.3 K/9 ranks 21st.
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- The Twins have pitched to a 3.94 this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- The Twins have a combined 1.212 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
- The Twins have given up 152 home runs so far this season (the 16th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Josh Smith Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Devin Smeltzer | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Smith Stats and Trends
- Smith has picked up a hit in 42.4% of his 59 games this season, with multiple base knocks in 6.8% of those games (four).
- Out of the 59 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s gone yard in four contests (6.8%), leaving the ballpark in 2.3% of his plate appearances.
- In 28.8% of his 59 games this season, he has scored a run (17 times). Also, he’s put up five games with multiple runs in 2023 (8.5%).
- Smith has plated at least one run seven times so far this season in 59 games played (11.9%), including one game in which he plated multiple runs.
- He has struck out in 54.2% of his 59 games this season, while fanning more than once in 20.3% of those contests (12).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | GP | 29 |
| 9 (30.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (55.2%) |
| 1 (3.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (10.3%) |
| 8 (26.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (31.0%) |
| 1 (3.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (10.3%) |
| 3 (10.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (13.8%) |
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