At 3:37 PM ET on Thursday, June 15, Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays will take the diamond against the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher Paul Blackburn at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Franco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -113 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (0-0) for his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander allowed four hits in six scoreless innings pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 3.60, a 2.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.333 in three games this season.
- The Athletics strike out just 7.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 6.24 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.588 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 105 home runs allowed.
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Wander Franco Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/14/2023 | Luis Medina | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Shintaro Fujinami | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/12/2023 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/9/2023 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/8/2023 | Shintaro Fujinami | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/7/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Frankie Montás | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/2/2022 | Daulton Jefferies | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/14/2022 | Cole Irvin | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Franco Stats and Trends
- Franco has collected a hit in 47 out of 66 games this season (71.2%), with multiple hits in 23 of them (34.8%).
- He has homered in 12.1% of his games this season (66 contests), going yard in 2.8% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored a run in 45.5% of his 66 games this season. That includes two or more runs scored in 15.2% of those contests (10).
- In 31.8% of his contests this year (21 of 66), Franco has driven in at least one run. In eight of those games (12.1%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- In 39.4% of his 66 games this season, he has struck out (26 times). He’s also had eight games with multiple Ks in 2023 (12.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | GP | 28 |
| 28 (73.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 19 (67.9%) |
| 13 (34.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (35.7%) |
| 21 (55.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (32.1%) |
| 5 (13.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (10.7%) |
| 14 (36.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (25.0%) |
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