Minute Maid Park is where Jorge Polanco and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros on Sunday, October 8 at 8:03 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Polanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Valdez (12-11) will make his 32nd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Thursday, Sept. 28, when he threw four innings against the Seattle Mariners, giving up three earned runs while allowing five hits.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 29-year-old’s 3.45 ERA ranks 15th, 1.126 WHIP ranks 13th, and 9.1 K/9 ranks 22nd.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- The Astros have the eighth-best ERA (3.94) in the majors this season.
- The Astros rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.283 WHIP this season.
- The Astros have allowed 201 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 22nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/7/2023 | Justin Verlander | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Polanco Stats and Trends
- Polanco has tallied a hit 60 times this season in 83 games played (72.3%), with 18 multi-hit efforts (21.7%).
- Out of the 83 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in 15 contests (18.1%), leaving the ballpark in 4.1% of his plate appearances.
- In 39.8% of his 83 games this season, he has scored a run (33 times). Also, he’s put up four games with multiple runs in 2023 (4.8%).
- Polanco has picked up at least one RBI 31 times this year in 83 games played (37.3%), including 15 games with more than one RBI (18.1%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- In 71.1% of his contests this season (59 of 83), he has struck out at least once. In 27 of those games (32.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 40 |
| 32 (74.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (70.0%) |
| 11 (25.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (17.5%) |
| 19 (44.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (35.0%) |
| 9 (20.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (15.0%) |
| 17 (39.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 14 (35.0%) |
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