Whit Merrifield’s Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, who will be sending Jimmy Cordero to the mound, match up at Rogers Centre on Monday, May 15. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -125 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- Cordero will get the start for the Yankees, his second of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing one hit against the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The Yankees average 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-most in the league.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.92 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.253 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- The Yankees have allowed 47 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 14th in MLB play.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/23/2023 | Clarke Schmidt | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/22/2023 | Gerrit Cole | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/28/2022 | Gerrit Cole | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/27/2022 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/26/2022 | Luis Severino | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2022 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Frankie Montás | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/31/2022 | Jordan Montgomery | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/30/2022 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has collected a base hit 26 times this season in 33 games played (78.8%), including multiple knocks on eight occasions (24.2%).
- He has homered in one of 33 games, going deep in 0.7% of his plate appearances this season.
- He has scored at least once 15 times this season in 33 games played (45.5%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Merrifield has picked up at least one RBI nine times this season in 33 games played (27.3%), including four times driving in multiple runs (12.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 51.5% of his contests this season (17 of 33), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In seven of those games (21.2%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | GP | 21 |
| 10 (83.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (76.2%) |
| 3 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (23.8%) |
| 7 (58.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (38.1%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (4.8%) |
| 5 (41.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (19.0%) |
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