Whit Merrifield’s Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers, who will be sending Dane Dunning to the hill, match up at Globe Life Field on Saturday, June 17. The first pitch will be thrown at 4:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -128 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -121 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- Dunning (5-1) will take to the mound for the Rangers and make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs in five innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Los Angeles Angels.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in 15 games this season with an ERA of 2.76, a 2 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.193.
- The Rangers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- Rangers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.191 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- With just 70 homers allowed, the Rangers rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/2023 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- Merrifield has reached base with a base hit 50 times this season in 64 games played (78.1%), including multiple knocks in 26.6% of them (17 times).
- This season, he has hit a long ball in two of the 64 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 26 of 64 games played this season (40.6%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Merrifield has plated at least one run in 26.6% of his games this year (17 of 64), including more than one RBI in seven of those contests (10.9%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 48.4% of his contests this year (31 of 64), he has struck out one or more times. In 10 of those games (15.6%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | GP | 35 |
| 24 (82.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (74.3%) |
| 6 (20.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (31.4%) |
| 14 (48.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (34.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.7%) |
| 10 (34.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (20.0%) |
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