At 8:10 PM ET on Friday, July 28, Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros will take the field against the Tampa Bay Rays and starting pitcher Shane McClanahan at Minute Maid Park, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -130 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -138 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Tampa Bay Rays
- The Rays will send McClanahan (11-1) to the mound for his 20th start this season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw four innings against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up five earned runs while allowing five hits.
- The 26-year-old’s 2.89 ERA ranks fifth, 1.160 WHIP ranks 25th, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 19th among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Rays have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Rays have the lowest ERA in baseball at 3.70.
- Rays pitchers have a 1.182 WHIP this season, second-best in the majors.
- With just 108 homers allowed, the Rays rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
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Yordan Alvarez Stats vs. the Rays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/2/2022 | Corey Kluber | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Shane McClanahan | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/21/2022 | Corey Kluber | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/19/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2021 | Collin McHugh | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/29/2021 | Drew Rasmussen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/28/2021 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2021 | Rich Hill | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/1/2021 | Josh Fleming | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- Alvarez has collected a hit in 70.7% of his 58 games this year, with multiple base hits in 20.7% of them (12).
- He has homered in 15 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 6.9% of his chances at the plate.
- In 34 of 58 contests this season (58.6%), he has scored a run, and six of those games (10.3%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- In 48.3% of his contests this season (28 of 58), Alvarez has produced at least one run. In 17 of those games (29.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in six games.
- He has fanned 40 times this year in 58 tries (69.0%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 17.2% of games (10 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | GP | 27 |
| 23 (74.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (66.7%) |
| 5 (16.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (25.9%) |
| 17 (54.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (63.0%) |
| 5 (16.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (37.0%) |
| 12 (38.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (59.3%) |
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