Whit Merrifield: MLB Player Prop Bets for Blue Jays Vs Braves – May 12, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 11, 2023

Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays face off against starter Spencer Strider and the Atlanta Braves at 7:07 PM ET on Friday, May 12 at Rogers Centre.

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

Player Prop Odds for Merrifield

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -151
Runs 0.5 -112
RBI 0.5 -104
Strikeouts 0.5 -124

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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves

  • Strider (4-0) will take to the mound for the Braves and make his eighth start of the season.
  • The right-hander gave up two earned runs in five innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • Among qualified pitchers this season, the 24-year-old’s 2.70 ERA ranks 17th, .925 WHIP ranks sixth, and 15.1 K/9 ranks first.
  • The Braves strike out 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
  • Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.52 this year, sixth-best in baseball.
  • The Braves have a combined WHIP of just 1.242 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
  • The Braves have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 31 home runs allowed.

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Merrifield Stats and Trends

  • In 80.0% of his games this year (24-of-30), Merrifield has posted a hit. In eight of those games (26.7%), he’s recorded more than one hit.
  • He has hit only one dinger despite appearing in 30 games this season.
  • In 12 of 30 games this season, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
  • Merrifield has notched an RBI in eight of 30 games this season, including multiple RBI in four of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
  • He has struck out at least once in 53.3% of his games this season (16 of 30), striking out multiple times in six of them (20.0%).
Home Away
9 GP 21
8 (88.9%) Games w/1+ Hit 16 (76.2%)
3 (33.3%) Games w/2+ Hits 5 (23.8%)
4 (44.4%) Games w/1+ Run 8 (38.1%)
0 (0.0%) Games w/1+ HR 1 (4.8%)
4 (44.4%) Games w/1+ RBI 4 (19.0%)

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