Currently sitting at 29 homers, Rafael Devers will be looking to swat his 30th dinger of the year against starter Alec Marsh on Saturday, September 2, when the Boston Red Sox play the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. First pitch is set for 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Devers
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -131 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -141 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Marsh (0-7) for his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed five hits in 5 2/3 innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 11 games this season with a 5.47 ERA, 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .246.
- 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 5.19 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.412 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Royals have given up 176 home runs so far this season (the 23rd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Rafael Devers Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/10/2023 | Austin Cox | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Brady Singer | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Cole Ragans | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Kris Bubic | 4-for-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Jon Heasley | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Brad Keller | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Devers Stats and Trends
- Devers has collected a base hit 81 times this year in 127 games played (63.8%), including multiple knocks on 39 occasions (30.7%).
- He has hit a home run in 25 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 5.3% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 58 times this season in 127 contests (45.7%), including scoring multiple runs in 11.8% of games (15 times).
- Devers has produced at least one run in 41.7% of his games this year (53 of 127), including more than one RBI in 22 of those games (17.3%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in nine contests.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 79 out of 127 games this year (62.2%), while fanning multiple times in 23 of those contests (18.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | GP | 61 |
| 45 (68.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (59.0%) |
| 22 (33.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 17 (27.9%) |
| 30 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 28 (45.9%) |
| 10 (15.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 15 (24.6%) |
| 29 (43.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 24 (39.3%) |
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