Nelson Velazquez Preview, Player Props: Royals vs. White Sox
The Kansas City Royals, including Nelson Velazquez and his .694 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, take on starting pitcher Touki Toussaint and the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium, Wednesday at 7:40 PM ET.
He strung together two hits (going 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI) in his last game against the White Sox.
Nelson Velazquez Game Info & Props vs. the White Sox
- Game Day: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
- Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- White Sox Starter: Touki Toussaint
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +625)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +185)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135)
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Nelson Velazquez At The Plate
- Velazquez is batting .250 with five doubles, 11 home runs and seven walks.
- Velazquez has gotten at least one hit in 56.7% of his games this year (17 of 30), with at least two hits seven times (23.3%).
- In 11 games this season, he has hit a home run (36.7%, and 10.2% of his trips to the dish).
- In 13 games this season (43.3%), Velazquez has picked up an RBI, and in six of those games (20.0%) he had two or more. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 17 of 30 games this season, he has scored, and four of those games included multiple runs.
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White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks second in the league.
- The White Sox have a 4.95 team ERA that ranks 26th across all league pitching staffs.
- White Sox pitchers combine to surrender the fourth-most home runs in baseball (193 total, 1.4 per game).
- Toussaint makes the start for the White Sox, his 12th of the season. He is 2-7 with a 4.87 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers, when the righty tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 27-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.87, with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 15 games this season. Opponents are batting .216 against him.
