At 8:05 PM ET on Friday, June 16, Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will suit up against the Texas Rangers and starting pitcher Martin Perez at Globe Life Field, airing on BSSW.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -108 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -125 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- Perez (6-2) will take the mound for the Rangers, his 14th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up seven earned runs in 3 1/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The 32-year-old ranks 55th in ERA (4.67), 61st in WHIP (1.556), and 59th in K/9 (6.4) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Rangers average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- Rangers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.80 this year, sixth-best in baseball.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.200 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- The Rangers have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 69 home runs allowed.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/11/2022 | Martín Pérez | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2022 | Dane Dunning | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/28/2022 | Jon Gray | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/27/2022 | Martín Pérez | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 5/12/2022 | Taylor Hearn | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2022 | Matt Bush | 4-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 5/10/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/27/2021 | Jordan Lyles | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2021 | Kyle Gibson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2021 | Dane Dunning | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has collected a base hit 49 times this year in 63 games played (77.8%), including multiple knocks on 17 occasions (27.0%).
- This season, he has homered in two of the 63 games, going deep in 0.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate at least one time in 26 of 63 games played this season (41.3%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- In 27.0% of his 63 games this season, Merrifield has picked up an RBI (17 times). Also, he’s notched seven games with multiple RBI in 2023 (11.1%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has fanned 31 times this year in 63 tries (49.2%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 15.9% of games (10 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | GP | 34 |
| 24 (82.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 25 (73.5%) |
| 6 (20.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (32.4%) |
| 14 (48.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (35.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.9%) |
| 10 (34.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (20.6%) |
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