Whit Merrifield: MLB Player Prop Bets for Blue Jays Vs Yankees – May 16, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 16, 2023

Whit Merrifield’s Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, who will be sending Domingo German to the hill, match up at Rogers Centre on Tuesday, May 16. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:07 PM ET.

Looking to place a bet on Merrifield 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 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 New York Yankees

  • German (2-3) will take to the mound for the Yankees and make his ninth start of the season.
  • The right-hander last pitched on Thursday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
  • Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 30-year-old ranks 47th in ERA (4.00), ninth in WHIP (.956), and 31st in K/9 (9.4).
  • The Yankees have a 9.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
  • The Yankees have pitched to a 3.87 this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
  • Yankees pitchers have a 1.244 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
  • 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
5/15/2023 Jimmy Cordero 1-for-4 0 0 1 1 1/0 0
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

Merrifield Stats and Trends

  • In 79.4% of his 34 games this season, Merrifield has notched a base hit (27 times). He’s also registered eight multi-hit games in 2023 (23.5%).
  • He has homered in one of 34 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.7% of his plate appearances this season.
  • He has scored at least one run 16 times this season in 34 games played (47.1%), including one game with more than one run scored.
  • In 29.4% of his contests this season (10 of 34), Merrifield has produced at least one run. In four of those games (11.8%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
  • He has fanned 18 times this year in 34 tries (52.9%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 20.6% of games (seven times).
Home Away
13 GP 21
11 (84.6%) Games w/1+ Hit 16 (76.2%)
3 (23.1%) Games w/2+ Hits 5 (23.8%)
8 (61.5%) Games w/1+ Run 8 (38.1%)
0 (0.0%) Games w/1+ HR 1 (4.8%)
6 (46.2%) Games w/1+ RBI 4 (19.0%)

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