The upcoming game between Brent Rooker’s Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox (with Dylan Cease drawing the start) is scheduled for Friday, August 25 at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Rooker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +101 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -126 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -128 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- The White Sox will hand the ball to Cease (5-6) for his 27th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up five earned runs in 4 2/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Colorado Rockies.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 27-year-old ranks 45th in ERA (4.50), 51st in WHIP (1.413), and eighth in K/9 (10.6).
- The White Sox strike out 9.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
- White Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.85 this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.407 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The White Sox have given up the fourth-most long balls so far this season with 181 home runs allowed.
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Brent Rooker Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24/2023 | Jesse Scholtens | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/2/2023 | Touki Toussaint | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/30/2023 | Tanner Banks | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/1/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/30/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/11/2021 | Reynaldo López | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 8/10/2021 | Dallas Keuchel | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2021 | Lucas Giolito | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
Rooker Stats and Trends
- In 57.9% of his 107 games this season, Rooker has recorded a base hit (62 times). He’s also collected 22 multi-hit games in 2023 (20.6%).
- In 20 of 107 games this season, he has hit a long ball (18.7%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 5.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 38 times this year in 107 contests (35.5%), including scoring multiple runs in 7.5% of games (eight times).
- Rooker has notched at least one RBI 32 times this season in 107 games played (29.9%), including 14 times driving in multiple runs (13.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in seven contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 69.2% of his games this season (74 of 107), striking out multiple times in 41 of those games (38.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 53 |
| 27 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 35 (66.0%) |
| 9 (16.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (24.5%) |
| 15 (27.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (43.4%) |
| 7 (13.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (24.5%) |
| 12 (22.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 20 (37.7%) |
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