Drew Waters and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Juan Carlos Oviedo and the Pittsburgh Pirates at 8:10 PM ET on Monday, August 28 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -128 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -134 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -140 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Oviedo (7-13) will take to the mound for the Pirates and make his 27th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in five innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The 25-year-old’s 4.46 ERA ranks 43rd, 1.328 WHIP ranks 45th, and 8 K/9 ranks 40th among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
- The Pirates have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in the majors.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.64 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.402 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Pirates have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 142, or 1.1 per game.
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Waters Stats and Trends
- In 39 of 69 games this season (56.5%), Waters has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 13 of those contests (18.8%).
- Out of the 69 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in eight contests (11.6%), hitting a home run in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored a run in 24 of 69 games this year, including multiple runs scored in seven of them.
- Waters has picked up an RBI in 27.5% of his 69 games this season, with more than one RBI in 7.2% of those contests (five). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- He has struck out in 72.5% of his 69 games this year, while fanning more than once in 37.7% of those contests (26).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 37 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (45.9%) |
| 7 (21.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (16.2%) |
| 16 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (21.6%) |
| 4 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (10.8%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (24.3%) |
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