Bobby Witt Jr. will be looking for his 30th homer of the season against starter Sawyer Gipson-Long when the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers go head to head on Thursday, September 28 at 1:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -125 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- Gipson-Long (1-0) will take the mound for the Tigers, his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed four hits in five innings pitched against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 2.40, 12 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .182 in three games this season.
- The Tigers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- The Tigers have the 19th-ranked ERA (4.34) in the majors this season.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.255 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- With 183 homers allowed, the Tigers rank 12th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Stats vs. the Tigers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Reese Olson | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/19/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/18/2023 | Tarik Skubal | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/17/2023 | Matt Manning | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/21/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Reese Olson | 2-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 5/24/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/23/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 5/22/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Witt Stats and Trends
- In 67.3% of his games this year (103-of-153), Witt has posted a hit. In 50 of those games (32.7%), he’s recorded more than one hit.
- Out of the 153 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s hit a home run in 28 contests (18.3%), hitting a home run in 4.3% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate in 49.0% of his 153 games this year. That includes more than one run scored in 10.5% of those games (16).
- Witt has driven in a run in 59 of 153 games this year, including multiple RBI in 19 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in eight contests.
- In 55.6% of his 153 games this season, he has been set down on strikes (85 times). He’s also had 27 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (17.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | GP | 78 |
| 50 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 53 (67.9%) |
| 26 (34.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 24 (30.8%) |
| 39 (52.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 36 (46.2%) |
| 17 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (14.1%) |
| 31 (41.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 28 (35.9%) |
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