Javier Baez’s Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, who will be sending Louie Varland to the hill, square off at Target Field on Sunday, June 18. 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 | -102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -132 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -134 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins will hand the ball to Varland (3-2) for his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, June 11, when he threw 4 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up four earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 4.70, a 3.57 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.258 in nine games this season.
- The Twins have a 9.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
- The Twins have the third-best ERA (3.56) in the majors this season.
- No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Twins, who lead MLB with a 1.166 WHIP.
- With just 70 homers allowed, the Twins rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
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Javier Báez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/17/2023 | José De León | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Báez Stats and Trends
- Baez has collected a hit in 63.6% of his 66 games this year, with multiple hits in 24.2% of those contests (16).
- He has homered in five of 66 games in 2023 (7.6%), which is 1.8% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run 23 times this season in 66 games played (34.8%), including three games with more than one run (4.5%).
- In 34.8% of his contests this year (23 of 66), Baez has produced at least one run. In nine of those games (13.6%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two games.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 43 of 66 games this season (65.2%), while fanning multiple times in 16 of them (24.2%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | GP | 35 |
| 22 (71.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (57.1%) |
| 8 (25.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (22.9%) |
| 11 (35.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (34.3%) |
| 3 (9.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.7%) |
| 15 (48.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (22.9%) |
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