Ezequiel Tovar: MLB Player Prop Bets for Rockies Vs Pirates – May 9, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 9, 2023

PNC Park is where Ezequiel Tovar and the Colorado Rockies will take on starter Luis Ortiz and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, May 9 at 6:35 PM ET.

Looking to bet on Tovar ahead of his matchup on Tuesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Tovar

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -149
Runs 0.5 -117
RBI 0.5 -113
Strikeouts 1.5 +109

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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Ortiz will make his first start of the season for the Pirates.
  • The 24-year-old righty last pitched Saturday, Oct. 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals, tossing two-thirds of an inning as the starter.
  • Last season, he posted a 4.50 ERA with 17 strikeouts and 10 walks in 16 2/3 innings, finishing with a record of 0-2.
  • The Pirates average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
  • The Pirates have the 10th-best ERA (3.82) in the majors this season.
  • Pirates pitchers have a 1.340 WHIP this season, 19th in the majors.
  • The Pirates have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 33, or 0.9 per game.

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Ezequiel Tovar Stats vs. the Pirates

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
5/8/2023 Mitch Keller 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
4/19/2023 Juan Carlos Oviedo 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
4/18/2023 Vince Velásquez 1-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
4/17/2023 Rich Hill 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0

Tovar Stats and Trends

  • Tovar has recorded a hit in 60.0% of his 35 games this year, with more than one hit in 14.3% of them (five).
  • This season, he has homered in two of the 35 games, going deep in 1.7% of his plate appearances.
  • He has scored at least one run in 14 of 35 games played this season (40.0%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
  • In 11 of 35 games this year (31.4%), Tovar has driven in a run, and in four of those games (11.4%) he knocked in multiple runs.
  • In 68.6% of his 35 games this season, he has gone down on strikes (24 times). He’s also had 10 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (28.6%).
Home Away
16 GP 19
13 (81.3%) Games w/1+ Hit 8 (42.1%)
2 (12.5%) Games w/2+ Hits 3 (15.8%)
9 (56.3%) Games w/1+ Run 5 (26.3%)
1 (6.3%) Games w/1+ HR 1 (5.3%)
5 (31.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 6 (31.6%)

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