Jake Burger and the Chicago White Sox take on starter Zack Greinke and the Kansas City Royals at 7:40 PM ET on Monday, May 8 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Burger
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Greinke (1-4) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he allowed three hits in five scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
- The 39-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (5.25), 48th in WHIP (1.306), and 68th in K/9 (6.2) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Royals have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.62 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.471 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
- The Royals have allowed 48 home runs this season, or 1.4 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB.
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Jake Burger Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/28/2022 | Brad Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/27/2022 | Zack Greinke | 3-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/26/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Burger Stats and Trends
- Burger has collected a hit in 40.7% of his 27 games this year, with multiple base knocks in 14.8% of them (four).
- In 25.9% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (seven of 27). He’s left the yard in 9.1% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- In 10 of 27 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Burger has driven in at least one run eight times this season in 27 games played (29.6%), including four games with more than one RBI (14.8%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 15 of 27 games this season (55.6%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, seven of those games (25.9%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 13 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (23.1%) |
| 3 (21.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (7.7%) |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (15.4%) |
| 6 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.7%) |
| 7 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (7.7%) |
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