Bobby Witt Jr.’s Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox, who will be sending Michael Kopech to the mound, match up at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday, May 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Witt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -121 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- Kopech (1-4) will take the mound for the White Sox, his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw 4 2/3 innings against the Houston Astros, giving up two earned runs while allowing one hit.
- The 27-year-old has pitched in eight games this season with a 5.74 ERA, 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .239.
- The White Sox average 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- White Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.32 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The White Sox have a combined 1.467 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
- The White Sox have allowed the second-most home runs this season with 67, or 1.5 per game.
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Bobby Witt Jr. Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11/2023 | Gregory Santos | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 5/11/2023 | Joe Kelly | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 5/11/2023 | Reynaldo López | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 5/11/2023 | Mike Clevinger | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 5/10/2023 | Lance Lynn | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/9/2023 | Lucas Giolito | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/8/2023 | Dylan Cease | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 2 |
| 9/1/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2022 | Lance Lynn | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/30/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Witt Stats and Trends
- Witt has collected a hit in 61.4% of his 44 games this year, with multiple base knocks in 27.3% of those contests (12).
- He has hit a long ball in 15.9% of his games this season (44 contests), going yard in 3.6% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 25 of 44 games this year (56.8%), which includes more than one run scored in four of them (9.1%).
- In 34.1% of his 44 games this season, Witt has plated a run (15 times). Also, he’s put up three games with multiple RBI in 2023 (6.8%) and plated three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has fanned 27 times this season in 44 games played (61.4%), including 11 times punching out multiple times (25.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 22 |
| 13 (59.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (63.6%) |
| 6 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (27.3%) |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (59.1%) |
| 4 (18.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (13.6%) |
| 7 (31.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (36.4%) |
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