Josh Naylor and the Cleveland Guardians will hit the field at Progressive Field on Thursday, June 22, where they will match up with the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher JP Sears. The game will begin at 1:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Naylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -129 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -132 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Sears (1-4) for his 15th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed seven innings while giving up four earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies.
- The 27-year-old ranks 45th in ERA (4.24), 11th in WHIP (1.061), and 37th in K/9 (8.5) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Athletics average just 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the league.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 6.00 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.555 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 112, or 1.5 per game.
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Josh Naylor Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 4-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 4/4/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/3/2023 | James Kaprielian | 3-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 6/12/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/11/2022 | Frankie Montás | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/10/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 6/9/2022 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/1/2022 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/30/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Naylor Stats and Trends
- Naylor has reached base with a base hit 39 times this season in 65 games played (60.0%), including multiple knocks in 32.3% of them (21 times).
- In nine of 65 games this season, he has gone yard (13.8%). He’s gone deep in 3.5% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run 19 times this year in 65 contests (29.2%), including scoring multiple runs in 9.2% of games (six times).
- In 44.6% of his contests this year (29 of 65), Naylor has tallied at least one RBI. In 14 of those games (21.5%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in seven games.
- In 31 of 65 games this year (47.7%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, seven of those games (10.8%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 33 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (51.5%) |
| 12 (37.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (27.3%) |
| 11 (34.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (24.2%) |
| 5 (15.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (12.1%) |
| 15 (46.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 14 (42.4%) |
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