Connor Joe’s Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Javier Assad to the mound, match up at PNC Park on Sunday, August 27. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Joe
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs’ Assad (2-2) will make his sixth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Monday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers.
- The 26-year-old has an ERA of 3.12, 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .225 in 23 games this season.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.29 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.283 WHIP this season, 16th in the majors.
- The Cubs have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 143, or 1.1 per game.
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Connor Joe Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/26/2023 | Jordan Wicks | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/24/2023 | Justin Steele | 2-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 6/21/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Drew Smyly | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/14/2023 | Drew Smyly | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Javier Assad | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Joe Stats and Trends
- Joe has picked up a hit in 56.6% of his 106 games this season, with multiple hits in 16.0% of those contests (17).
- In nine of 106 games this season, he has homered (8.5%). He’s left the yard in 2.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run 39 times this season in 106 games played (36.8%), including 10 games with more than one run (9.4%).
- In 26 of 106 games this season (24.5%), Joe has notched an RBI, and in six of those games (5.7%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 61.3% of his 106 games this season, he has gone down on strikes (65 times). He’s also had 25 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (23.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | GP | 50 |
| 34 (60.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (52.0%) |
| 7 (12.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (20.0%) |
| 19 (33.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 20 (40.0%) |
| 4 (7.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (10.0%) |
| 15 (26.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (22.0%) |
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