Ian Happ: MLB Player Prop Bets for Cubs Vs Cardinals – May 8, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 7, 2023

On Monday, May 8 at 7:40 PM ET, Ian Happ and the Chicago Cubs will square off against starter Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, airing on MLBN.

Looking to put down a bet on Happ ahead of his matchup on Monday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Happ

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -151
Runs 0.5 -116
RBI 0.5 -120
Strikeouts 1.5 +111

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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals

  • The Cardinals will send Mikolas (1-1) to the mound for his eighth start this season.
  • The right-hander gave up three earned runs in 5 2/3 innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Los Angeles Angels.
  • The 34-year-old ranks 69th in ERA (5.79), 74th in WHIP (1.661), and 40th in K/9 (8.2) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
  • The Cardinals have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
  • Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.75 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
  • The Cardinals have a combined 1.463 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
  • The Cardinals have given up 41 home runs so far this season (the 17th-ranked total in MLB play).

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Ian Happ Stats vs. the Cardinals

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
9/4/2022 Miles Mikolas 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
9/3/2022 Adam Wainwright 2-for-3 1 0 0 2 0/0 0
9/2/2022 Jordan Montgomery 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
8/25/2022 Dakota Hudson 3-for-4 2 0 2 1 0/0 0
8/24/2022 Miles Mikolas 1-for-4 0 0 0 1 0/0 0
8/23/2022 Jake Woodford 0-for-2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
8/23/2022 Adam Wainwright 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/1 0
8/22/2022 Jordan Montgomery 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
8/4/2022 Miles Mikolas 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
8/2/2022 Adam Wainwright 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0

Happ Stats and Trends

  • Happ has tallied a hit 23 times this season in 33 games played (69.7%), with 10 multi-hit efforts (30.3%).
  • Out of the 33 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in four contests (12.1%), leaving the yard in 2.7% of his plate appearances.
  • He has scored at least one run 12 times this year in 33 contests (36.4%), including scoring multiple runs in 9.1% of games (three times).
  • In 33.3% of his 33 games this season, Happ has plated a run (11 times). Also, he’s notched four games with multiple RBI in 2023 (12.1%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
  • In 72.7% of his contests this season (24 of 33), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In seven of those games (21.2%), he registered more than one punchout.
Home Away
18 GP 15
13 (72.2%) Games w/1+ Hit 10 (66.7%)
3 (16.7%) Games w/2+ Hits 7 (46.7%)
7 (38.9%) Games w/1+ Run 5 (33.3%)
2 (11.1%) Games w/1+ HR 2 (13.3%)
6 (33.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 5 (33.3%)

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