Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros meet starter Pablo Lopez and the Minnesota Twins at 8:03 PM ET on Sunday, October 8 at Minute Maid Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -133 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins will hand the ball to Lopez (11-8) for his 33rd start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in 5 2/3 innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 27-year-old’s 3.71 ERA ranks 23rd, 1.155 WHIP ranks 16th, and 10.9 K/9 ranks fifth.
- The Twins strike out 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-best in MLB.
- The Twins have the fifth-best ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
- Twins pitchers have a 1.198 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
- With 194 homers allowed, the Twins rank 15th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Yordan Alvarez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/7/2023 | Bailey Ober | 2-for-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/31/2023 | Louie Varland | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Joe Ryan | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Sonny Gray | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/9/2023 | Tyler Mahle | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/8/2023 | Joe Ryan | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/7/2023 | Sonny Gray | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/25/2022 | Chris Archer | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Aarón Sánchez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- Alvarez has reached base with a base hit 85 times this season in 115 games played (73.9%), including multiple knocks in 24.3% of them (28 times).
- He has hit a long ball in 26.1% of his games in 2023 (30 of 115), which amounts to 6.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 53.9% of his 115 games this season, he has scored (62 times). Also, he’s put up 15 games with multiple runs in 2023 (13.0%).
- Alvarez has picked up at least one RBI in 54 of 115 games this year (47.0%). He has collected more than one RBI in 30 of them (26.1%).
- In 59.1% of his contests this year (68 of 115), he has struck out at least once. In 19 of those games (16.5%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | GP | 55 |
| 44 (73.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 41 (74.5%) |
| 12 (20.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 16 (29.1%) |
| 29 (48.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 33 (60.0%) |
| 11 (18.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 19 (34.5%) |
| 25 (41.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 29 (52.7%) |
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