At 8:10 PM ET on Friday, September 1, Alex Verdugo and the Boston Red Sox will take the field against the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Jordan Lyles at Kauffman Stadium, airing on BSKC.
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Player Prop Odds for Verdugo
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -122 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Lyles (3-15) will take the mound for the Royals, his 26th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up seven earned runs and allowed six hits in three innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- The 32-year-old’s 6.39 ERA ranks 55th, 1.300 WHIP ranks 40th, and 6.1 K/9 ranks 52nd among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Royals strike out just 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.22 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.418 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Royals have given up 175 home runs so far this season (the 23rd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Alex Verdugo Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Austin Cox | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Brady Singer | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Cole Ragans | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Brady Singer | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Jon Heasley | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/5/2022 | Zack Greinke | 3-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/4/2022 | Kris Bubic | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Verdugo Stats and Trends
- Verdugo has picked up a hit in 80 of 119 games this season (67.2%), with multiple base hits in 37 of them (31.1%).
- He has hit a long ball in 12 of 119 games in 2023 (10.1%), which is 2.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 48.7% of his 119 games this season, he has touched home plate (58 times). Also, he’s notched 14 games with multiple runs in 2023 (11.8%).
- Verdugo has picked up an RBI in 30.3% of his 119 games this year, with more than one RBI in 10.1% of those contests (12). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 62 of 119 games this year (52.1%), while fanning multiple times in 13 of those games (10.9%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | GP | 57 |
| 41 (66.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 39 (68.4%) |
| 24 (38.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (22.8%) |
| 33 (53.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 25 (43.9%) |
| 7 (11.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.8%) |
| 19 (30.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (29.8%) |
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