Joshua Palacios and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet starter Javier Assad and the Chicago Cubs at 1:35 PM ET on Sunday, August 27 at PNC Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Palacios
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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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 gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in 5 1/3 innings pitched against the Detroit Tigers on Monday.
- The 26-year-old has pitched in 23 games this season with a 3.12 ERA, 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .225.
- The Cubs average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.29 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.283 WHIP this season.
- The Cubs have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 143, or 1.1 per game.
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Joshua Palacios 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 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2023 | Justin Steele | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/21/2023 | Kyle Hendricks | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Drew Smyly | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/14/2023 | Drew Smyly | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2022 | Keegan Thompson | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Palacios Stats and Trends
- Palacios has recorded a hit in 45.0% of his 60 games this year, with multiple base knocks in 10.0% of those contests (six).
- In six of 60 games this season, he has hit a long ball (10.0%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 3.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 16 of 60 games this year, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In 26.7% of his 60 games this season, Palacios has picked up an RBI (16 times). Also, he’s put up six games with multiple RBI in 2023 (10.0%) and plated three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 41.7% of his contests this year (25 of 60), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In eight of those games (13.3%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | GP | 27 |
| 18 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (33.3%) |
| 5 (15.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.7%) |
| 11 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (18.5%) |
| 5 (15.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.7%) |
| 14 (42.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (7.4%) |
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