The upcoming game between Nelson Velazquez’s Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers (with Reese Olson drawing the start) is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26 at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Velazquez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers’ Olson (5-7) will make his 18th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed two hits in six innings pitched against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
- The 24-year-old has pitched in 20 games this season with an ERA of 4.13, a 3.1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.112.
- The Tigers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
- The Tigers have pitched to a 4.35 this season, which ranks 18th in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.255 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
- The Tigers have allowed 183 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 12th in MLB play.
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Velazquez Stats and Trends
- Velazquez has picked up a hit in 26 of 44 games this season, with multiple hits in eight of them.
- In 16 of 44 games this season, he has hit a home run (36.4%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 10.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 25 of 44 games this year, including multiple runs scored in six of them.
- In 20 of 44 games this season (45.5%), Velazquez has tallied an RBI, and in 10 of those games (22.7%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has been set down on strikes in 70.5% of his 44 games this year, while fanning more than once in 22.7% of those games (10).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | GP | 18 |
| 20 (76.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 6 (33.3%) |
| 7 (26.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (5.6%) |
| 18 (69.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (38.9%) |
| 13 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (16.7%) |
| 16 (61.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (22.2%) |
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