Bobby Witt Jr.’s Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Ken Waldichuk to the hill, match up at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, May 6. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -121 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -150 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Waldichuk (0-2) for his seventh start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed six hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Cincinnati Reds.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in six games this season with an ERA of 7.26, a 2.08 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.645.
- The Athletics have a 7.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in baseball.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 7.39 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.735 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- With 55 homers allowed, the Athletics rank last in the league at preventing long balls.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/26/2022 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 1 |
| 6/25/2022 | Jared Koenig | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2022 | Jared Koenig | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/18/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2022 | Frankie Montás | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
Witt Stats and Trends
- Witt has tallied a hit 19 times this year in 32 games played (59.4%), with eight multi-hit efforts (25.0%).
- Out of the 32 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in five contests (15.6%), leaving the ballpark in 3.6% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored in 56.3% of his 32 games this year. That includes two or more runs scored in 9.4% of those contests (three).
- Witt has plated at least one run 12 times so far this year in 32 games played (37.5%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- In 56.3% of his contests this year (18 of 32), he has struck out one or more times. In eight of those games (25.0%), he registered more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 16 |
| 9 (56.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 10 (62.5%) |
| 5 (31.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (18.8%) |
| 9 (56.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (56.3%) |
| 3 (18.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (12.5%) |
| 6 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (37.5%) |
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