Ildemaro Vargas Preview, Player Props: Nationals vs. Red Sox
On Thursday, Ildemaro Vargas (.220 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 58 points below season-long percentage) and the Washington Nationals face the Boston Red Sox, whose starting pitcher will be Chris Sale. First pitch is at 4:05 PM ET.
In his most recent game, he went 1-for-4 against the Red Sox.
Ildemaro Vargas Game Info & Props vs. the Red Sox
- Game Day: Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Nationals Park
- Red Sox Starter: Chris Sale
- TV Channel: MASN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +160)
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Ildemaro Vargas At The Plate
- Vargas is batting .248 with nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and seven walks.
- Vargas has had a hit in 30 of 51 games this season (58.8%), including multiple hits nine times (17.6%).
- He has hit a long ball in 7.8%of his games in 2023, and 2.4% of his trips to the plate.
- In 27.5% of his games this year, Vargas has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 15.7% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 18 of 51 games (35.3%), including multiple runs twice.
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Other Nationals Players vs the Red Sox
Ildemaro Vargas Home/Away Batting Splits
Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.8 K/9, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have the 18th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.33).
- Red Sox pitchers combine to rank 25th in baseball in home runs given up (158 total, 1.3 per game).
- Sale (5-2 with a 4.52 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Red Sox, his 13th of the season.
- The lefty's last time out came on Friday against the Detroit Tigers, when he went 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing just one hit.
- The 34-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.52, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings, in 12 games this season. Opponents are batting .232 against him.
