Ji-Hwan Bae’s Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Zack Greinke to the hill, square off at Kauffman Stadium on Monday, August 28. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Bae
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -141 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Greinke (1-12) for his 23rd start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Wednesday, when he threw four scoreless innings while allowing two hits to the Oakland Athletics.
- The 39-year-old has an ERA of 5.34, a 5.2 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.238 in 23 games this season.
- The Royals have a 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.22 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.418 WHIP this season, fifth-worst in the majors.
- With 171 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Bae Stats and Trends
- In 52.6% of his games this season (41-of-78), Bae has recorded a hit. In 13 of those games (16.7%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- This season, he has hit a home run in two of the 78 games, going deep in 0.7% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate at least one time 29 times this season in 78 games played (37.2%), including nine games with more than one run (11.5%).
- Bae has driven in at least one run 15 times this season in 78 games played (19.2%), including six games with more than one RBI (7.7%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 65.4% of his contests this year (51 of 78), he has struck out at least once. In 14 of those games (17.9%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | GP | 40 |
| 18 (47.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 23 (57.5%) |
| 6 (15.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (17.5%) |
| 13 (34.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (40.0%) |
| 1 (2.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.5%) |
| 10 (26.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (12.5%) |
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