Josh Smith’s Texas Rangers and the Atlanta Braves, who will be sending Spencer Strider to the mound, face off at Globe Life Field on Wednesday, May 17. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Smith
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -135 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -142 |
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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves
- The Braves’ Strider (4-1) will make his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on five hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 24-year-old’s 2.51 ERA ranks 12th, .921 WHIP ranks seventh, and 15.2 K/9 ranks first.
- The Braves strike out 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
- The Braves have the fifth-best ERA (3.52) in the majors this season.
- The Braves rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.272 WHIP this season.
- The Braves have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 35, or 0.8 per game.
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Josh Smith Stats vs. the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/16/2023 | Jared Shuster | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2023 | Charlie Morton | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Smith Stats and Trends
- This year, Smith has tallied at least one hit in 12 of 28 games played (42.9%), with two multi-hit games.
- This season, he has hit a long ball in two of the 28 games, leaving the ballpark in 2.4% of his plate appearances.
- In 35.7% of his games this year (10 of 28), he has scored at least a run. In three of those games (10.7%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Smith has tallied an RBI in two of 28 games this season, while knocking in multiple runs in one of them.
- In 17 of 28 games this season (60.7%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, eight of those games (28.6%) included a performance that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | GP | 16 |
| 3 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (56.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (12.5%) |
| 3 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (43.8%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (12.5%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (12.5%) |
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