Willi Castro and the Minnesota Twins will hit the field at Minute Maid Park on Sunday, October 8, where they will challenge the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Framber Valdez. The contest will start at 8:03 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Castro
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -146 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros will hand the ball to Valdez (12-11) for his 32nd start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Thursday, Sept. 28, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed five hits in four innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- The 29-year-old ranks 15th in ERA (3.45), 13th in WHIP (1.126), and 22nd in K/9 (9.1) 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 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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Willi Castro Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/7/2023 | Justin Verlander | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2023 | Hunter Brown | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2/1 | 1 |
| 5/29/2023 | J.P. France | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 9/14/2022 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 9/12/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2022 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/27/2021 | Jake Odorizzi | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/26/2021 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2021 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Castro Stats and Trends
- Castro has tallied a hit 67 times this season in 115 games played (58.3%), with 23 multi-hit efforts (20.0%).
- Out of the 115 games he has appeared in this season, he’s homered in eight contests (7.0%), leaving the ballpark in 2.2% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 47 times this season in 115 games played (40.9%), including nine games with more than one run (7.8%).
- In 23.5% of his contests this year (27 of 115), Castro has plated at least one run. In six of those games (5.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- He has struck out one or more times in 61.7% of his games this season (71 of 115), striking out multiple times in 23 of those contests (20.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | GP | 62 |
| 31 (58.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (58.1%) |
| 8 (15.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 15 (24.2%) |
| 26 (49.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (33.9%) |
| 4 (7.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (6.5%) |
| 14 (26.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (21.0%) |
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