On Saturday, May 13 at 3:07 PM ET, Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will take on starter Bryce Elder and the Atlanta Braves at Rogers Centre, airing on SNET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -124 |
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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves
- The Braves’ Elder (3-0) will make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed four hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 23-year-old’s 1.74 ERA ranks fourth, 1.113 WHIP ranks 30th, and 7.8 K/9 ranks 46th.
- The Braves have a 9.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
- The Braves have pitched to a 3.53 this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a 1.240 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
- The Braves have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 31, or 0.8 per game.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/12/2023 | Kirby Yates | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 5/12/2023 | Danny Young | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 5/12/2023 | Spencer Strider | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- In 25 of 31 games this year (80.6%), Merrifield has gotten a hit, and he collected more than one hit in eight of those contests (25.8%).
- He has hit a long ball in one of 31 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.8% of his plate appearances this season.
- He has touched home plate at least once 13 times this year in 31 games played (41.9%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Merrifield has notched at least one RBI eight times this year in 31 games played (25.8%), including four games with more than one RBI (12.9%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out in 54.8% of his 31 games this year, while fanning more than once in 22.6% of them (seven).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | GP | 21 |
| 9 (90.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (76.2%) |
| 3 (30.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (23.8%) |
| 5 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (38.1%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (4.8%) |
| 4 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (19.0%) |
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