Alejandro Kirk and the Toronto Blue Jays will hit the field at Globe Life Field on Friday, June 16, where they will face off against the Texas Rangers and starting pitcher Martin Perez. The matchup will begin at 8:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Kirk
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -152 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- Perez (6-2) will take to the mound for the Rangers and make his 14th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up seven earned runs and allowed 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings pitched against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
- The 32-year-old’s 4.67 ERA ranks 55th, 1.556 WHIP ranks 61st, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- 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 WHIP of just 1.200 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
- The Rangers have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 69, or one per game.
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Alejandro Kirk Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/11/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/10/2022 | Kohei Arihara | 1-for-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/9/2022 | Dane Dunning | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/9/2022 | Dane Dunning | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/8/2022 | Jon Gray | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/6/2021 | Dane Dunning | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/5/2021 | Mike Foltynewicz | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Kirk Stats and Trends
- Kirk has collected a base hit 29 times this year in 56 games played (51.8%), including multiple knocks on 12 occasions (21.4%).
- Out of the 56 games he has appeared in this season, he’s hit a long ball in three contests (5.4%), leaving the ballpark in 1.5% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored 14 times this year in 56 games played (25.0%). He does not, however, have a multi-run effort.
- Kirk has driven in at least one run 14 times this season in 56 games played (25.0%), including four games with more than one RBI (7.1%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 19 of 56 games this year (33.9%), while fanning multiple times in three of those contests (5.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | GP | 30 |
| 13 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (53.3%) |
| 8 (30.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (13.3%) |
| 9 (34.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (16.7%) |
| 3 (11.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 9 (34.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (16.7%) |
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