Rogers Centre is where Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will face off against starter Noah Syndergaard and the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday, August 27 at 1:37 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 | -132 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians will hand the ball to Syndergaard (2-6) for his 18th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed four hits in six innings pitched against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
- The 30-year-old has pitched in 17 games this season with a 6.42 ERA, 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .279.
- The Guardians strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.84 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- Guardians pitchers have a 1.287 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
- With just 134 homers allowed, the Guardians rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/26/2023 | Logan Allen | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/25/2023 | Tanner Bibee | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has tallied a hit 88 times this season in 119 games played (73.9%), with 35 multi-hit efforts (29.4%).
- He has hit a home run in 8.4% of his games in 2023 (10 of 119), which amounts to 2.2% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run in 41.2% of his contests this season (49 of 119), with more than one run scored in 10 of them (8.4%).
- In 36 of 119 games this year (30.3%), Merrifield has driven in a run, and in 15 of those games (12.6%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 65 of 119 games this season (54.6%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 17 of those games (14.3%) included an effort that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | GP | 62 |
| 42 (73.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 46 (74.2%) |
| 15 (26.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (32.3%) |
| 25 (43.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (38.7%) |
| 4 (7.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (9.7%) |
| 19 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (27.4%) |
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