The upcoming game between Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays (with Zach Eflin drawing the start) is scheduled for Friday, June 23 at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -139 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Eflin (8-3) will take to the mound for the Rays and make his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the San Diego Padres.
- The 29-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 3.26 ERA, 9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .219.
- The Rays have a 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- The Rays have the second-best ERA (3.57) in the majors this season.
- The Rays have a combined 1.199 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
- The Rays have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 76, or one per game.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Rays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/22/2023 | Shane McClanahan | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- In 10 of 19 contests this year (52.6%), Waters has reached base safely via hit, including two games with multiple base knocks.
- This season, he has hit a long ball in two of the 19 games, going deep in 2.9% of his plate appearances.
- In five of 19 games this season (26.3%), he has scored at least one run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Waters has tallied at least one RBI five times so far this season in 19 games played (26.3%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 84.2% of his games this year (16 of 19), striking out multiple times in seven of those contests (36.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP | 10 |
| 5 (55.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 5 (50.0%) |
| 1 (11.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (10.0%) |
| 4 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 1 (10.0%) |
| 1 (11.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (10.0%) |
| 3 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (20.0%) |
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