Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers face off against starter Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs at 2:20 PM ET on Sunday, April 2 at Wrigley Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Yelich
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -109 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send Taillon to the mound for his first start this season.
- The last time the 31-year-old pitched was on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers. The righty threw zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen in that matchup.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors last year, his 3.91 ERA ranked 34th, 1.128 WHIP ranked 21st, and 7.7 K/9 ranked 30th.
- The Cubs had a 8.6 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 16th in the majors.
- The Cubs had the 20th-ranked ERA (4.03) in the majors last season.
- Cubs pitchers had a 1.306 WHIP last season, 22nd in the majors.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/2023 | Justin Steele | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Yelich Stats and Trends
- Yelich picked up a base hit in 95 out of 155 games last year (61.3%), with more than one hit in 41 of them (26.5%).
- In 14 of 155 games last year, he homered (9.0%). He went deep in 2.1% of his trips to the plate in 2022.
- In 47.1% of his games last season (73 of 155), he scored at least a run, and in 23 (14.8%) he scored more than once.
- Yelich drove in a run 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 went down on strikes in 72.3% of his 155 games a season ago, with more than one strikeout in 25.8% of those games (40).
| 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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