Josh Jung: MLB Player Prop Bets for Rangers vs Astros – ALCS Game 1

Written By PlayPicks Staff on October 14, 2023

When the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros go head to head at on Sunday, October 15 at 8:15 PM ET, Josh Jung will be back in the lineup (against starting pitcher Justin Verlander).

Looking to wager on Jung ahead of his matchup on Sunday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Jung

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -136
Runs 0.5 -112
RBI 0.5 -117
Strikeouts 1.5 +102

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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros

  • Verlander (13-8) will take to the mound for the Astros and make his 28th start of the season.
  • The right-hander allowed four hits in six scoreless innings pitched against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, Oct. 7.
  • Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 40-year-old’s 3.22 ERA ranks ninth, 1.133 WHIP ranks 14th, and 8 K/9 ranks 34th.
  • The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
  • The Astros have the eighth-best ERA (3.95) in the majors this season.
  • Astros pitchers have a 1.281 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
  • With 201 homers allowed, the Astros rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.

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Josh Jung Stats vs. the Astros

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
7/26/2023 Framber Valdez 2-for-5 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
7/25/2023 J.P. France 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
7/24/2023 Brandon Bielak 2-for-5 1 1 2 2 3/0 0
7/3/2023 Cristian Javier 2-for-5 0 0 0 2 2/0 0
7/2/2023 Shawn Dubin 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
7/1/2023 Hunter Brown 1-for-4 1 0 1 0 3/0 0
6/30/2023 Ronel Blanco 1-for-3 1 1 1 1 1/1 0
4/16/2023 Framber Valdez 2-for-4 1 0 0 2 2/0 0
4/15/2023 Hunter Brown 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
4/14/2023 Luis Garcia 1-for-5 0 0 1 0 2/0 0

Jung Stats and Trends

  • Jung has reached base with a base hit 88 times this season in 127 games played (69.3%), including multiple knocks in 30.7% of them (39 times).
  • He has hit a long ball in 21 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 4.5% of his trips to the dish.
  • In 53 of 127 contests this year (41.7%), he has scored a run, and 24 of those games (18.9%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
  • In 33.9% of his contests this year (43 of 127), Jung has plated at least one run. In 20 of those games (15.7%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in eight games.
  • He has struck out at least once in 78.0% of his games this year (99 of 127), striking out multiple times in 44 of those games (34.6%).
Home Away
64 GP 63
44 (68.8%) Games w/1+ Hit 44 (69.8%)
19 (29.7%) Games w/2+ Hits 20 (31.7%)
26 (40.6%) Games w/1+ Run 27 (42.9%)
11 (17.2%) Games w/1+ HR 10 (15.9%)
23 (35.9%) Games w/1+ RBI 20 (31.7%)

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