The upcoming matchup between Dansby Swanson’s Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates (with Colin Selby drawing the start) is scheduled for Saturday, August 26 at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Swanson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Selby will make his first start of the season for the Pirates.
- The 25-year-old right-hander will make his first start after pitching in relief seven times this campaign.
- He has pitched in seven games this season with an ERA of 7.27, a batting average against of .306 and 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Pirates strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.55 this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- The Pirates rank 22nd in MLB with a combined 1.397 WHIP this season.
- The Pirates have given up the seventh-fewest long balls so far this season with only 141 home runs allowed.
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Dansby Swanson Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2023 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2023 | Rob Zastryzny | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Osvaldo Bido | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/14/2023 | Osvaldo Bido | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Luis Ortiz | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Mitch Keller | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | JT Brubaker | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Swanson Stats and Trends
- Swanson has a hit in 58.8% of his games this year (67 of 114), and he posted multiple base knocks in 29 of those contests (25.4%).
- He has homered in 14.9% of his games this season (114 contests), going yard in 3.9% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored in 48 of 114 games this year, including multiple runs scored in 12 of them.
- Swanson has tallied at least one RBI 39 times this year in 114 tries (34.2%), including plating more than one run in 14.0% of games (16 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on five occasions.
- He has gone down on strikes in 79 of 114 games this season, including multiple Ks in 33 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | GP | 58 |
| 38 (67.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (50.0%) |
| 14 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 15 (25.9%) |
| 26 (46.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (37.9%) |
| 9 (16.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (13.8%) |
| 23 (41.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (27.6%) |
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