The upcoming contest between Alex Verdugo’s Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates (with Roansy Contreras drawing the start) is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Verdugo
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -127 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Contreras gets the nod for the Pirates and will make his first start of the season.
- The 23-year-old righty last pitched Monday against the Boston Red Sox, tossing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
- Last season, he posted a 3.79 ERA with 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings and a record of 5-5.
- The Pirates averaged the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the league last season.
- 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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Alex Verdugo Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3/2023 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | JT Brubaker | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 3-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/16/2022 | Mitch Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Verdugo Stats and Trends
- Verdugo had a base hit in 106 out of 152 games last year (69.7%), with more than one hit in 49 of them (32.2%).
- He homered in 11 games a year ago (out of 152 opportunities, 7.2%), leaving the ballpark in 1.7% of his plate appearances.
- He touched home plate in 37.5% of his games last season (57 of 152), with more than one run on 14 occasions (9.2%).
- In 34.9% of his 152 games a year ago, Verdugo picked up an RBI (53 times). He also had 13 games with multiple RBIs (8.6%), and three or more RBIs in six games.
- He went down on strikes at least once in 66 out of 152 games a season ago (43.4%), with multiple strikeouts in 17 of those games (11.2%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | GP | 76 |
| 48 (63.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 58 (76.3%) |
| 23 (30.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 26 (34.2%) |
| 29 (38.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 28 (36.8%) |
| 5 (6.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (7.9%) |
| 22 (28.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 31 (40.8%) |
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