The upcoming contest between Christopher Morel’s Chicago Cubs and the Baltimore Orioles (with Kyle Gibson getting the start) is scheduled for Saturday, June 17 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Morel
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Baltimore Orioles
- The Orioles will hand the ball to Gibson (8-3) for his 15th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Kansas City Royals.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 35-year-old’s 3.90 ERA ranks 34th, 1.301 WHIP ranks 43rd, and 6.3 K/9 ranks 61st.
- The Orioles have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Orioles have pitched to a 4.24 this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- The Orioles rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.340 WHIP this season.
- The Orioles have given up 80 home runs so far this season (the 18th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Christopher Morel Stats vs. the Orioles
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/2023 | Cole Irvin | 3-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Spenser Watkins | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/13/2022 | Spenser Watkins | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/7/2022 | Kyle Bradish | 2-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Morel Stats and Trends
- Morel has reached base with a base hit 20 times this year in 29 games played (69.0%), including multiple knocks in 27.6% of them (eight times).
- He has left the yard in 12 of 29 games in 2023 (41.4%), which is 10.6% of his trips to the plate.
- He has touched home plate in 19 of 29 games this season, including multiple runs scored in five of them.
- Morel has plated at least one run 14 times this year in 29 games played (48.3%), including eight times plating multiple runs (27.6%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- In 22 of 29 games this year (75.9%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, eight of those games (27.6%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 15 |
| 9 (64.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (73.3%) |
| 4 (28.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (26.7%) |
| 7 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (80.0%) |
| 4 (28.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (53.3%) |
| 6 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (53.3%) |
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