Curtis Mead and the Tampa Bay Rays face off against starter Yusei Kikuchi and the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:07 PM ET on Friday, September 29 at Rogers Centre.
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Player Prop Odds for Mead
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- The Blue Jays will send Kikuchi (10-6) to the mound for his 32nd start this season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed nine hits in four innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign, the 32-year-old ranks 27th in ERA (3.82), 32nd in WHIP (1.266), and 13th in K/9 (9.8).
- The Blue Jays strike out 9.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have pitched to a 3.77 this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of just 1.243 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- The Blue Jays have given up 193 home runs so far this season (the 17th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Curtis Mead Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/24/2023 | Yusei Kikuchi | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/23/2023 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/22/2023 | Chris Bassitt | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Mead Stats and Trends
- In 71.4% of his games this season (15-of-21), Mead has posted a hit. In four of those games (19.0%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
- He has gone yard in one of 21 games, going deep in 1.3% of his plate appearances this season.
- He has scored in 38.1% of his 21 games this year. That includes two or more runs scored in 14.3% of them (three).
- Mead has driven in at least one run four times so far this year in 21 games played (19.0%), including one game in which he plated multiple runs.
- He has been set down on strikes in 66.7% of his 21 games this season, while fanning more than once in 19.0% of those contests (four).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 10 |
| 8 (72.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 7 (70.0%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (30.0%) |
| 3 (27.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (50.0%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (18.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (20.0%) |
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