Javier Baez’s Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, who will be sending Jose De Leon to the hill, match up at Target Field on Saturday, June 17. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Báez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +105 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- De Leon gets the nod for the Twins and will make his first start of the season.
- The 30-year-old right-hander will make his first start after coming out of the bullpen 10 times this year.
- He has an ERA of 3.86, a batting average against of .250 and 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 games this season.
- The Twins average 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the league.
- Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.61 this year, third-best in baseball.
- The Twins have a combined 1.176 WHIP as a pitching staff, which is the best in baseball this season.
- The Twins have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 70 home runs allowed.
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/2023 | Joe Ryan | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/15/2023 | Sonny Gray | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/3/2022 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Chris Archer | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Sonny Gray | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Joe Ryan | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 5/31/2022 | Cole Sands | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2022 | Devin Smeltzer | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- Baez has collected a base hit 42 times this year in 65 games played (64.6%), including multiple knocks on 16 occasions (24.6%).
- In five of 65 games this season, he has gone yard (7.7%). He’s gone deep in 1.8% of his trips to the plate.
- In 23 of 65 contests this season (35.4%), he has scored, and three of those games (4.6%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 35.4% of his contests this season (23 of 65), Baez has produced at least one run. In nine of those games (13.8%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in two games.
- He has been set down on strikes in 64.6% of his 65 games this season, while fanning more than once in 23.1% of those games (15).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | GP | 34 |
| 22 (71.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (58.8%) |
| 8 (25.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (23.5%) |
| 11 (35.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (35.3%) |
| 3 (9.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.9%) |
| 15 (48.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (23.5%) |
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