Freddie Freeman’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Jameson Taillon to the mound, match up at Wrigley Field on Thursday, April 20. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Freeman
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -128 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -127 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -132 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (0-2) will take the mound for the Cubs, his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Wednesday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Oakland Athletics.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in three games this season with a 4.50 ERA, 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .263.
- The Cubs average 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 3.08 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of just 1.151 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
- The Cubs have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 12, or 0.7 per game.
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Freddie Freeman Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/16/2023 | Drew Smyly | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 4/15/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/14/2023 | Justin Steele | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2022 | Drew Smyly | 4-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Marcus Stroman | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Keegan Thompson | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 7/7/2022 | Mark Leiter Jr. | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/8/2022 | Justin Steele | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2022 | Daniel Norris | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/7/2022 | Drew Smyly | 3-for-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
Freeman Stats and Trends
- Freeman has collected a base hit 13 times this year in 19 games played (68.4%), including multiple knocks on six occasions (31.6%).
- Despite logging a plate appearance in 19 games this season, he has swatted two home runs.
- He has scored a run in 11 of 19 games this year, including multiple runs scored in five of them.
- Freeman has picked up at least one RBI five times so far this year in 19 games played (26.3%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 47.4% of his games this season (nine of 19), striking out multiple times in three of those contests (15.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | GP | 7 |
| 8 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 5 (71.4%) |
| 4 (33.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (28.6%) |
| 6 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (71.4%) |
| 1 (8.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (14.3%) |
| 2 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (42.9%) |
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