Nicholas Castellanos will be looking for his 30th homer of the year against starter Luis Ortiz when the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates square off on Thursday, September 28 at 6:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Castellanos
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Ortiz (4-5) will take the mound for the Pirates, his 15th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance came in relief on Friday when he threw 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen against the Cincinnati Reds, giving up three earned runs while allowing four hits.
- The 24-year-old has pitched to a 4.96 ERA this season with 6.1 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 5.1 walks per nine across 17 games.
- The Pirates strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- The Pirates have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.66) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.391 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Pirates have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 177, or 1.1 per game.
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Nicholas Castellanos Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2023 | Rich Hill | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/29/2023 | Quinn Priester | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/28/2023 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 8/28/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/27/2022 | Tyler Beede | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/26/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2022 | JT Brubaker | 4-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2022 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/29/2022 | José Quintana | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Castellanos Stats and Trends
- In 107 of 154 games this season (69.5%), Castellanos has recorded a hit, and he collected more than one hit in 48 of those contests (31.2%).
- He has homered in 25 games this season, going deep in 4.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored a run in 61 of 154 games this season, including multiple runs scored in 17 of them.
- Castellanos has driven in at least one run 63 times this season in 154 games played (40.9%), including 26 games with more than one RBI (16.9%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in 12 contests.
- In 76.0% of his contests this year (117 of 154), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 48 of those games (31.2%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 79 | GP | 75 |
| 60 (75.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 47 (62.7%) |
| 26 (32.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 22 (29.3%) |
| 34 (43.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 27 (36.0%) |
| 16 (20.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 9 (12.0%) |
| 34 (43.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 29 (38.7%) |
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