Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will take the field at Rogers Centre on Tuesday, August 29, where they will play the Washington Nationals and starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore. The game will begin at 7:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -132 |
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Stats and Trends for the Washington Nationals
- The Nationals will send Gore (6-10) to the mound for his 26th start this season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw four innings against the New York Yankees, giving up two earned runs while allowing four hits.
- The 24-year-old has pitched to a 4.38 ERA this season with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.7 walks per nine across 25 games.
- The Nationals strike out just 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- Nationals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.88 this year, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Nationals have a combined 1.444 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- With 201 homers allowed, the Nationals rank last in the league at preventing long balls.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Nationals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2023 | Josiah Gray | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- In 73.6% of his games this year (89-of-121), Merrifield has posted a hit. In 35 of those games (28.9%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- He has gone yard in 8.3% of his games in 2023 (10 of 121), which amounts to 2.2% of his trips to the dish.
- In 49 of 121 contests this year (40.5%), he has scored, and 10 of those games (8.3%) included a performance that produced two or more runs scored.
- Merrifield has notched an RBI in 30.6% of his 121 games this season, with more than one RBI in 12.4% of them (15). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 65 times this season in 121 games (53.7%), including 17 games with more than one strikeout (14.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 59 | GP | 62 |
| 43 (72.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 46 (74.2%) |
| 15 (25.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (32.3%) |
| 25 (42.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (38.7%) |
| 4 (6.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (9.7%) |
| 20 (33.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (27.4%) |
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