At 1:10 PM ET on Thursday, September 28, Javier Baez and the Detroit Tigers will take the diamond against the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Cole Ragans at Comerica Park, airing on BSDET.
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Player Prop Odds for Báez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -126 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -129 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Ragans (7-4) for his 13th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on three hits in a matchup with the Houston Astros.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 3.41, a 2.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.149 in 28 games this season.
- The Royals have a 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.15 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.405 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The Royals have given up 202 home runs so far this season (the 23rd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/19/2023 | Ryan Yarbrough | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/18/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 6/21/2023 | Brady Singer | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/24/2023 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/23/2023 | Mike Mayers | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2023 | Brady Singer | 3-for-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/29/2022 | Jon Heasley | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- Baez has collected a base hit 75 times this year in 133 games played (56.4%), including multiple knocks on 29 occasions (21.8%).
- In 6.8% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball (nine of 133). He’s left the yard in 1.7% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored a run in 36.8% of his 133 games this year. That includes two or more runs scored in 5.3% of those contests (seven).
- Baez has notched at least one RBI in 38 out of 133 games this year (28.6%). He has collected more than one RBI in 14 of those contests (10.5%).
- He has struck out at least once in 81 of 133 games this season (60.9%), while fanning multiple times in 33 of them (24.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | GP | 68 |
| 35 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (58.8%) |
| 12 (18.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 17 (25.0%) |
| 19 (29.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 30 (44.1%) |
| 3 (4.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (8.8%) |
| 21 (32.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (25.0%) |
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