On Friday, May 12 at 9:40 PM ET, Leody Taveras and the Texas Rangers will square off against starter Ken Waldichuk and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Taveras
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics’ Waldichuk (1-2) will make his eighth start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings pitched against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
- The 25-year-old has pitched to a 7.25 ERA this season with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.5 walks per nine across seven games.
- 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 7.34 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.704 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 68, or 1.7 per game.
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Leody Taveras Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11/2023 | Sam Long | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 5/11/2023 | Austin Pruitt | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 5/11/2023 | Luis Medina | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 4/23/2023 | Kyle Muller | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 4/22/2023 | Shintaro Fujinami | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/21/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/14/2022 | JP Sears | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Zach Logue | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Adam Oller | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
Taveras Stats and Trends
- Taveras has recorded a hit in 14 of 24 games this year, with multiple hits in six of them.
- He has hit only one long ball despite logging a trip the plate in 24 games this season.
- In 45.8% of his games this year (11 of 24), he has scored at least a run. In three of those games (12.5%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Taveras has tallied an RBI in six of 24 games this year, including multiple RBI in three of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 13 of 24 games this season (54.2%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, five of those games (20.8%) included a performance that resulted in two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | GP | 16 |
| 3 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (68.8%) |
| 2 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (25.0%) |
| 3 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (50.0%) |
| 1 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (31.3%) |
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