Drew Waters and the Kansas City Royals will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, October 1, where they will match up with the New York Yankees and starting pitcher Michael King. The game will start at 3:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -107 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- The Yankees will hand the ball to King (4-7) for his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander allowed one hit in six scoreless innings pitched against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
- The 28-year-old has pitched to a 2.50 ERA this season with 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.9 walks per nine across 48 games.
- The Yankees average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (nine) in the league this season.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.98 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.238 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- With 192 homers allowed, the Yankees rank 15th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/2023 | Clarke Schmidt | 1-for-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2023 | Luis Severino | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2023 | Gerrit Cole | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/21/2023 | Clarke Schmidt | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 1 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has recorded a hit 51 times this year in 91 games played (56.0%), with 17 multi-hit efforts (18.7%).
- In eight of 91 games this season, he has gone yard (8.8%). He’s left the yard in 2.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run 31 times this year in 91 contests (34.1%), including scoring multiple runs in 8.8% of games (eight times).
- In 23 of 91 games this year (25.3%), Waters has notched an RBI, and in seven of those games (7.7%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out in 70.3% of his 91 games this year, while fanning more than once in 37.4% of those contests (34).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | GP | 46 |
| 31 (68.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (43.5%) |
| 11 (24.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (13.0%) |
| 21 (46.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (21.7%) |
| 4 (8.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (8.7%) |
| 14 (31.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (19.6%) |
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