Rogers Centre is where Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will go up against starter Nestor Cortes Jr. and the New York Yankees on Thursday, May 18 at 7:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -125 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- Cortes (3-2) will take to the mound for the Yankees and make his ninth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up six earned runs and allowed seven hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in eight games this season with an ERA of 5.53, a 3.23 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.323.
- The Yankees have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined 1.256 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- With 49 homers allowed, the Yankees rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/17/2023 | Gerrit Cole | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/16/2023 | Domingo Germán | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- In 28 of 36 games this season (77.8%), Merrifield has gotten a hit, and he collected at least two hits in eight of those contests (22.2%).
- He has homered in one of 36 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.7% of his plate appearances this season.
- In 17 of 36 games this year, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Merrifield has produced at least one run in 10 out of 36 games this season (27.8%). He has collected two or more RBI in four of those contests (11.1%).
- In 50.0% of his contests this year (18 of 36), he has been set down on strikes at least once. In seven of those games (19.4%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | GP | 21 |
| 12 (80.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (76.2%) |
| 3 (20.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (23.8%) |
| 9 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (38.1%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (4.8%) |
| 6 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (19.0%) |
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