Leody Taveras Preview, Player Props: Rangers vs. Astros

On Wednesday, Leody Taveras (.297 batting average in his past 10 games, with three doubles, two walks and two RBI) and the Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros, whose starting pitcher will be Justin Verlander. First pitch is at 8:05 PM ET.

In his last game, he had two hits (going 2-for-4 with a double) against the Astros.

Leody Taveras Game Info & Props vs. the Astros

• Game Day: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
• Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
• Stadium: Globe Life Field
• Astros Starter: Justin Verlander
• TV Channel: BSSW
• Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575)
• RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
• Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)

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Leody Taveras At The Plate

• Taveras has 29 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 25 walks while batting .264.
• Taveras enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last outings, he's hitting .368.
• In 62.8% of his games this season (76 of 121), Taveras has picked up at least one hit, and in 32 of those games (26.4%) he recorded multiple hits.
• Looking at the 121 games he has played this season, he's went deep in 11 of them (9.1%), and in 2.5% of his trips to the dish.
• Taveras has had at least one RBI in 31.4% of his games this year (38 of 121), with more than one RBI 13 times (10.7%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team's runs in seven contests.
• He has scored in 35.5% of his games this year (43 of 121), with two or more runs 11 times (9.1%).

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Astros Pitching Rankings

• The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
• The Astros' 3.94 team ERA ranks sixth across all league pitching staffs.
• The Astros rank 21st in baseball in home runs surrendered (174 total, 1.2 per game).
• The Astros will send Verlander (10-7) to make his 23rd start of the season. He is 10-7 with a 3.34 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 129 1/3 innings pitched.
• In his last time out on Saturday, the right-hander went six innings against the New York Yankees, giving up six earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
• The 40-year-old has put together a 3.34 ERA and 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 22 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .232 to his opponents.