Truist Park is where Christopher Morel and the Chicago Cubs will challenge starter A.J. Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, September 28 at 7:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Morel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves
- Smith-Shawver (1-0) will take the mound for the Braves, his fifth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, July 30 against the Milwaukee Brewers, throwing five innings and giving up three earned runs.
- The 20-year-old has pitched in five games this season with an ERA of 4.57, a 1.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.246.
- The Braves have a 9.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.12 this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Braves have a combined WHIP of 1.299 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- With just 182 homers allowed, the Braves rank 10th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Christopher Morel Stats vs. the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Bryce Elder | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2023 | Charlie Morton | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/5/2023 | Bryce Elder | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/4/2023 | Max Fried | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2022 | Ian Anderson | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/18/2022 | Kyle Wright | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2022 | Charlie Morton | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
Morel Stats and Trends
- Morel has a hit in 59.6% of his games this season (62 of 104), and he posted multiple hits in 20 of those games (19.2%).
- He has hit a home run in 24.0% of his games this season (104 contests), going yard in 6% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 48 times this season in 104 games played (46.2%), including nine games with more than one run (8.7%).
- Morel has notched an RBI in 43 of 104 games this year, including multiple RBI in 16 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in nine contests.
- He has struck out in 77.9% of his 104 games this season, while fanning more than once in 36.5% of those contests (38).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | GP | 51 |
| 30 (56.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 32 (62.7%) |
| 10 (18.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (19.6%) |
| 20 (37.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 28 (54.9%) |
| 13 (24.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 12 (23.5%) |
| 26 (49.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (33.3%) |
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