Target Field is where Byron Buxton and the Minnesota Twins will challenge starter Chris Bassitt and the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, May 27 at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Buxton
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -123 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- The Blue Jays’ Bassitt (5-3) will make his 11th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed 6 1/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on seven hits in a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The 34-year-old’s 3.03 ERA ranks 22nd, 1.027 WHIP ranks 11th, and 7.5 K/9 ranks 51st among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Blue Jays have a 9.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have the 11th-ranked ERA (3.96) in the majors this season.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.286 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have allowed 68 home runs this season, or 1.3 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB play.
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Byron Buxton Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/26/2023 | Kevin Gausman | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Kevin Gausman | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Mitchell White | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/4/2022 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 6/4/2022 | José Berríos | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 6/3/2022 | Yusei Kikuchi | 3-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/26/2021 | Alek Manoah | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/25/2021 | Robbie Ray | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 9/24/2021 | José Berríos | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/23/2021 | Steven Matz | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
Buxton Stats and Trends
- Buxton has recorded a hit 28 times this season in 46 games played (60.9%), with 11 multi-hit efforts (23.9%).
- He has hit a home run in 21.7% of his games in 2023 (10 of 46), which amounts to 5.1% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run in 25 of 46 games this year (54.3%), which includes more than one run scored in six of them (13.0%).
- In 30.4% of his 46 games this season, Buxton has tallied an RBI (14 times). Also, he’s put up six games with multiple RBI in 2023 (13.0%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 36 out of 46 games this season (78.3%), while fanning multiple times in 16 of those contests (34.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | GP | 22 |
| 16 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (54.5%) |
| 6 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (22.7%) |
| 12 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (59.1%) |
| 8 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (9.1%) |
| 9 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (22.7%) |
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