Alex Verdugo Preview, Player Props: Red Sox vs. Yankees
The Boston Red Sox, including Alex Verdugo (.209 batting average in his past 10 games), battle starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt and the New York Yankees at Fenway Park, Monday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Orioles.
Alex Verdugo Game Info & Props vs. the Yankees
- Game Day: Monday, September 11, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Fenway Park
- Yankees Starter: Clarke Schmidt
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +170)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +625)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -115)
Discover More About This Game
Alex Verdugo At The Plate
- Verdugo is batting .275 with 36 doubles, five triples, 13 home runs and 42 walks.
- Among the qualified batters, he ranks 31st in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 58th and he is 70th in slugging.
- Verdugo has picked up a hit in 85 of 125 games this season, with multiple hits 38 times.
- He has hit a long ball in 10.4% of his games in 2023 (13 of 125), and 2.4% of his trips to the dish.
- In 38 games this season (30.4%), Verdugo has picked up an RBI, and in 13 of those games (10.4%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- In 61 of 125 games this season, he has scored, and 14 of those games included multiple runs.
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Yankees Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective nine K/9, which ranks 11th in the league.
- The Yankees have the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.00).
- The Yankees rank 18th in baseball in home runs allowed (175 total, 1.2 per game).
- Schmidt aims for his 10th win when he gets the start for the Yankees, his 29th of the season. He is 9-8 with a 4.54 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 140 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers, when he went 6 1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 27-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.54, with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 29 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .264 batting average against him.
