Alex Verdugo Preview, Player Props: Red Sox vs. Nationals
The Boston Red Sox, including Alex Verdugo (.250 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 88 points below season-long percentage), take on starting pitcher Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Thursday at 4:05 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Nationals.
Alex Verdugo Game Info & Props vs. the Nationals
- Game Day: Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Nationals Park
- Nationals Starter: Patrick Corbin
- TV Channel: MASN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115)
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Alex Verdugo At The Plate
- Verdugo has 29 doubles, four triples, nine home runs and 39 walks while batting .269.
- Among the qualifying hitters in MLB, his batting average ranks 49th, his on-base percentage ranks 53rd, and he is 80th in the league in slugging.
- In 72 of 105 games this season (68.6%) Verdugo has picked up a hit, and in 31 of those games he had more than one (29.5%).
- He has hit a home run in 8.6% of his games in 2023 (nine of 105), and 2% of his trips to the plate.
- Verdugo has an RBI in 32 of 105 games this season, with multiple RBI in 11 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 51 games this season (48.6%), including multiple runs in 12 games.
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Nationals Pitching Rankings
- The Nationals pitching staff is 29th in the league with a collective 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Nationals have the 27th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.87).
- Nationals pitchers combine to give up 178 total home runs at a rate of 1.5 per game (most in the league).
- The Nationals will send Corbin (7-11) out for his 25th start of the season. He is 7-11 with a 4.92 ERA and 91 strikeouts through 137 1/3 innings pitched.
- The left-hander last appeared on Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he threw five innings, allowing no earned runs while giving up one hit.
- The 34-year-old's 4.92 ERA ranks 56th, 1.500 WHIP ranks 59th, and 6 K/9 ranks 59th among qualifying pitchers this season.
