The upcoming game between Joshua Palacios’ Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves (with Bryce Elder getting the start) is scheduled for Friday, September 8 at 7:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Palacios
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -110 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -138 |
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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves
- The Braves will send Elder (11-4) to the mound for his 28th start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed six innings while giving up one earned run on five hits in a matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 24-year-old ranks 14th in ERA (3.42), 28th in WHIP (1.223), and 49th in K/9 (6.4).
- The Braves strike out 9.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-best in MLB.
- Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Braves rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.274 WHIP this season.
- The Braves have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 149, or 1.1 per game.
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Joshua Palacios Stats vs. the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Bryce Elder | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Yonny Chirinos | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/21/2022 | Bryce Elder | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/20/2022 | Charlie Morton | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Palacios Stats and Trends
- Palacios has picked up a hit in 47.1% of his 68 games this season, with multiple hits in 11.8% of those contests (eight).
- In seven of 68 games this season, he has homered (10.3%). He’s gone deep in 3.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 18 times this season in 68 games played (26.5%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In 19 of 68 games this season (27.9%), Palacios has driven in a run, and in seven of those games (10.3%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out in 28 of 68 games this season, including multiple Ks in nine of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | GP | 31 |
| 21 (56.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (35.5%) |
| 7 (18.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.2%) |
| 11 (29.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (22.6%) |
| 5 (13.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (6.5%) |
| 15 (40.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (12.9%) |
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