Dairon Blanco Preview, Player Props: Royals vs. Blue Jays
Friday, Dairon Blanco and the Kansas City Royals square off against the Toronto Blue Jays and Yusei Kikuchi, with the first pitch at 7:07 PM ET.
In his most recent action (on September 3 against the Red Sox) he went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Dairon Blanco Game Info & Props vs. the Blue Jays
- Game Day: Friday, September 8, 2023
- Game Time: 7:07 PM ET
- Stadium: Rogers Centre
- Blue Jays Starter: Yusei Kikuchi
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -128)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +950)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +300)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +175)
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Dairon Blanco At The Plate
- Blanco is hitting .238 with six doubles, four triples, a home run and nine walks.
- In 20 of 36 games this year (55.6%), Blanco has reached base via hit, and that includes multiple hits twice.
- He has hit a long ball in one of 36 games, and in 0.9% of his plate appearances.
- In 30.6% of his games this season, Blanco has notched at least one RBI. In three of those games (8.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in seven of 36 games (19.4%), including multiple runs twice.
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Blue Jays Pitching Rankings
- The Blue Jays pitching staff ranks second in MLB with a collective 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Blue Jays' 3.74 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 171 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (to rank 17th in baseball).
- Kikuchi (9-5 with a 3.63 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 143 2/3 innings pitched) aims for his 10th victory when he gets the start for the Blue Jays, his 28th of the season.
- The lefty's last time out was on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing six hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 32-year-old's 3.63 ERA ranks 19th, 1.260 WHIP ranks 35th, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 19th.
