Christian Yelich’s Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Justin Steele to the hill, face off at Wrigley Field on Saturday, April 1. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Yelich
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -134 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send out Steele for his first start of the season.
- The 27-year-old lefty last pitched Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers, tossing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
- He finished last season with a 3.18 ERA and a 1.353 WHIP in 24 games, finishing with a 4-7 record.
- The Cubs had a 8.6 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 16th in the majors.
- Cubs pitchers had a combined ERA of 4.03 last year, which ranked 20th in MLB.
- The Cubs had a combined WHIP of 1.306 as a pitching staff, which ranked 22nd in MLB.
- The Cubs allowed the third-most home runs last season with 207, or 1.3 per game.
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Christian Yelich Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/28/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 3-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/27/2022 | Drew Smyly | 4-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/26/2022 | Justin Steele | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/21/2022 | Justin Steele | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Keegan Thompson | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/5/2022 | Kyle Hendricks | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 7/4/2022 | Justin Steele | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
Yelich Stats and Trends
- Yelich reached base via a hit in 95 of 155 games last season (61.3%), including multiple hits in 26.5% of those games (41 of them).
- He hit a home run in 9.0% of his games last season (155 in all), going deep in 2.1% of his trips to home plate.
- In 47.1% of his games last season (73 of 155), he scored at least a run, and in 23 (14.8%) he scored two or more runs.
- Yelich picked up an RBI in 43 games last season out of 155 (27.7%), including multiple RBIs in 6.5% of those games (10 times) and three or more RBIs on three occasions..
- He struck out one or more times in 112 of 155 games a season ago (72.3%), with multiple strikeouts in 40 of those games (25.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 79 | GP | 76 |
| 48 (60.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 47 (61.8%) |
| 20 (25.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 21 (27.6%) |
| 40 (50.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 33 (43.4%) |
| 9 (11.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (6.6%) |
| 25 (31.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (23.7%) |
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