Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will take the field at Rogers Centre on Friday, August 25, where they will square off against the Cleveland Guardians and starting pitcher Tanner Bibee. The matchup will begin at 7:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -131 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- Bibee (9-3) will take the mound for the Guardians, his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Detroit Tigers.
- The 24-year-old has pitched to a 3.01 ERA this season with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.9 walks per nine across 20 games.
- The Guardians strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Guardians have the fifth-best ERA (3.82) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.286 WHIP this season.
- The Guardians have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 131 home runs allowed.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Noah Syndergaard | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Logan Allen | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Tanner Bibee | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2022 | Shane Bieber | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/12/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2022 | Zach Plesac | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Aaron Civale | 3-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/1/2022 | Konnor Pilkington | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has collected a base hit 87 times this season in 117 games played (74.4%), including multiple knocks on 35 occasions (29.9%).
- In 10 of 117 games this season, he has homered (8.5%). He’s left the yard in 2.3% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 48 of 117 games this year (41.0%), which includes two or more runs scored in 10 of those contests (8.5%).
- Merrifield has tallied an RBI in 30.8% of his 117 games this year, with more than one RBI in 12.8% of them (15). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has fanned 63 times this year in 117 games played (53.8%), including 17 times punching out multiple times (14.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 62 |
| 41 (74.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 46 (74.2%) |
| 15 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (32.3%) |
| 24 (43.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (38.7%) |
| 4 (7.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (9.7%) |
| 19 (34.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (27.4%) |
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