On Saturday, October 7 at 4:45 PM ET, Jorge Polanco and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, airing on FOX.
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Player Prop Odds for Polanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -129 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -140 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Verlander (13-8) will take the mound for the Astros, his 28th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed five innings without allowing a run on two hits in a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- The 40-year-old ranks eighth in ERA (3.22), 14th in WHIP (1.133), and 34th in K/9 (8) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.94 this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.283 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Astros have given up 201 home runs so far this season (the 22nd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Jorge Polanco Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2022 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Justin Verlander | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2022 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2022 | Jose Urquidy | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/10/2022 | Justin Verlander | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/8/2021 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 2-for-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2021 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2021 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/5/2021 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
Polanco Stats and Trends
- Polanco has reached base with a base hit 59 times this year in 82 games played (72.0%), including multiple knocks in 20.7% of them (17 times).
- In 17.1% of his games this season, he has homered (14 of 82). He’s left the yard in 4.1% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored a run in 39.0% of his 82 games this season. That includes two or more runs scored in 4.9% of those contests (four).
- In 36.6% of his 82 games this season, Polanco has tallied an RBI (30 times). Also, he’s put up 14 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (17.1%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- In 70.7% of his contests this season (58 of 82), he has struck out at least once. In 26 of those games (31.7%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 39 |
| 32 (74.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (69.2%) |
| 11 (25.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (15.4%) |
| 19 (44.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (33.3%) |
| 9 (20.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (12.8%) |
| 17 (39.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (33.3%) |
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