Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians, who will be sending Tanner Bibee to the mound, match up at Progressive Field on Thursday, July 6. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- Bibee (5-2) will take to the mound for the Guardians and make his 13th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he allowed three hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs.
- The 24-year-old has an ERA of 3.46, 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .230 in 12 games this season.
- The Guardians have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.88 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Guardians rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.274 WHIP this season.
- With just 89 homers allowed, the Guardians rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/29/2023 | Shane Bieber | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 6/28/2023 | Logan Allen | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/27/2023 | Gavin Williams | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 10/5/2022 | Aaron Civale | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 10/4/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 10/3/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Shane Bieber | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Zach Plesac | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Aaron Civale | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/7/2022 | Cody Morris | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- In 18 of 30 games this season (60.0%), Waters has gotten a hit, and he collected more than one hit in seven of those contests (23.3%).
- He has left the yard in three of 30 games in 2023 (10.0%), which is 2.7% of his trips to the dish.
- In 33.3% of his games this season (10 of 30), he has scored at least a run. In four of those games (13.3%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Waters has plated at least one run in eight of 30 games played this season (26.7%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- In 83.3% of his contests this season (25 of 30), he has struck out at least once. In 12 of those games (40.0%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | GP | 15 |
| 10 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (53.3%) |
| 4 (26.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (20.0%) |
| 8 (53.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (13.3%) |
| 1 (6.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (13.3%) |
| 5 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (20.0%) |
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