Oneil Cruz: MLB Player Prop Bets for Pirates Vs Red Sox – April 5, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on April 5, 2023

On Wednesday, April 5 at 1:35 PM ET, Oneil Cruz and the Pittsburgh Pirates will match up with starter Corey Kluber and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Looking to place a wager on Cruz ahead of his matchup on Wednesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Cruz

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 1.5 +106
Runs 0.5 -124
RBI 0.5 -125
Strikeouts 1.5 -111

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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox

  • The Red Sox’s Kluber will make his second start of the season.
  • The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Tuesday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • The Red Sox averaged the 19th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league last season.
  • The Red Sox pitched to a 4.54 last season, which ranked 24th in baseball.
  • The Red Sox ranked 25th in MLB with a combined 1.357 WHIP last season.
  • With 185 homers allowed, the Red Sox ranked 23rd in the league at preventing long balls.

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Oneil Cruz Stats vs. the Red Sox

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
4/4/2023 Nick Pivetta 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/1 1
4/3/2023 Kutter Crawford 1-for-5 1 0 0 0 2/0 0
8/18/2022 Josh Winckowski 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
8/16/2022 Nick Pivetta 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0

Cruz Stats and Trends

  • In 60.9% of his games last season (53 of 87), Cruz had a base hit, and in 19 of those games (21.8%) he recorded more than one hit.
  • Including the 87 games he played in last season, he hit a long ball in 17 of them (19.5%), homering in 4.7% of his trips to the plate.
  • In 44.8% of his games last season (39 of 87), he scored at least a run, and in six (6.9%) he scored more than once.
  • Cruz drove in a run in 34 games last season out 87 (39.1%), including 14 multi-RBI outings (16.1%). He drove in three or more runs in five games.
  • He went down on strikes at least once 72 times last season in 87 games (82.8%), including 40 multi-strikeout games (46.0%).
Home Away
43 GP 44
29 (67.4%) Games w/1+ Hit 24 (54.5%)
12 (27.9%) Games w/2+ Hits 7 (15.9%)
22 (51.2%) Games w/1+ Run 17 (38.6%)
9 (20.9%) Games w/1+ HR 8 (18.2%)
21 (48.8%) Games w/1+ RBI 13 (29.5%)

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