Jeremy Pena and the Houston Astros will match up with the Chicago White Sox and starting pitcher Dylan Cease at Minute Maid Park on Opening Day. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 30.
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Player Prop Odds for Pena
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -127 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- Cease gets the nod for the White Sox and will make his first start of the season.
- The last time the 27-year-old pitched was on Sunday, Oct. 2 against the San Diego Padres. The righty threw five innings as the starter in that matchup.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors last year, his 2.20 ERA ranked third, 1.109 WHIP ranked 20th, and 11.1 K/9 ranked fourth.
- The White Sox had a nine K/9 last season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
- The White Sox pitched to a 3.94 last season, which ranked 16th in baseball.
- The White Sox ranked 18th in MLB with a combined 1.290 WHIP last season.
- With just 166 homers allowed, the White Sox ranked ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Jeremy Pena Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/16/2022 | Dylan Cease | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Pena Stats and Trends
- Pena had a hit in 101 of 151 games last season, with multiple hits in 39 of those games.
- He went yard in 25 of 151 games in 2022 (16.6%), including 4% of his trips to the dish.
- In 44.4% of his 151 games last season, he scored (67 times). He had 17 games with multiple runs in 2022 (11.3%).
- Pena drove in a run in 31.8% of his games last season (48 of 151), with more than one RBI in 17 of them (11.3%). He had three or more RBIs in six games.
- He struck out one or more times 97 times last year in 151 games (64.2%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 27.2% of those games (41 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 78 | GP | 73 |
| 56 (71.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 45 (61.6%) |
| 19 (24.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (27.4%) |
| 35 (44.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 32 (43.8%) |
| 14 (17.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (15.1%) |
| 26 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 22 (30.1%) |
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