Sunday’s contest between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park marks the 2023 debut for Nick Senzel, who will match up against starter Vince Velasquez. First pitch is set for 1:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Senzel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +104 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -120 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- The Pirates will send out Velasquez for his first start of the season.
- The last time the righty took the mound was on Saturday last season, when he pitched zero scoreless innings in a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
- He pitched to a 4.78 ERA while striking out 8.2 batters per nine innings with a record of 3-3 last season.
- The Pirates struck out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers had a combined ERA of 4.67 last year, which ranked 26th in MLB.
- The Pirates had a combined 1.422 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- The Pirates gave up the eighth-fewest long balls last season with only 164 home runs allowed.
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Nick Senzel Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/14/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Luis Ortiz | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/12/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/21/2022 | Zach Thompson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Tyler Beede | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/7/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/7/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2021 | Trevor Cahill | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Senzel Stats and Trends
- In 53.1% of his games last year (60 of 113), Senzel got a base hit, and in 24 of those games (21.2%) he recorded more than one hit.
- Including the 113 games he logged a plate appearance in last season, he went deep in five of them (4.4%), taking the pitcher deep in 1.2% of his trips to the dish.
- In 33.6% of his games last season (38 of 113), he scored at least a run, and in six (5.3%) he scored more than once.
- In 18.6% of his 113 games a year ago, Senzel picked up an RBI (21 times). He also had four games with multiple RBIs (3.5%).
- He went down on strikes one or more times 58 times last year in 113 games (51.3%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 14.2% of those games (16 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | GP | 53 |
| 32 (53.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (52.8%) |
| 14 (23.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (18.9%) |
| 20 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (34.0%) |
| 3 (5.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (3.8%) |
| 11 (18.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (18.9%) |
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