On Friday, May 5 at 8:15 PM ET, Javier Baez and the Detroit Tigers will square off against starter Jordan Montgomery and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for Báez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -120 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +105 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Montgomery (2-4) will take the mound for the Cardinals, his seventh start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up one earned run in 6 2/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 3.34 ERA ranks 31st, 1.200 WHIP ranks 40th, and 8.2 K/9 ranks 42nd.
- The Cardinals average 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the league.
- The Cardinals have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.81) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.477 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Cardinals have given up 38 home runs so far this season (the 17th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/15/2021 | Jon Lester | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/14/2021 | Jake Woodford | 2-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/4 | 0 |
| 9/13/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 7/22/2021 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/21/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2021 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 7/19/2021 | Jake Woodford | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2021 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2021 | Wade LeBlanc | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/13/2021 | Carlos Martínez | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- In 17 of 28 games this year (60.7%), Baez has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in seven of those contests (25.0%).
- Despite logging a plate appearance in 28 games this season, he has swatted two homers.
- In 11 of 28 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In 10 of 28 games this year (35.7%), Baez has notched an RBI, and in three of those games (10.7%) he knocked in multiple runs.
- He has gone down on strikes in 50.0% of his 28 games this year, while fanning more than once in 17.9% of those games (five).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 14 |
| 10 (71.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 7 (50.0%) |
| 5 (35.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (14.3%) |
| 7 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (28.6%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (14.3%) |
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