Paul Goldschmidt Preview, Player Props: Cardinals vs. Athletics
The St. Louis Cardinals and Paul Goldschmidt (.390 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), take on starting pitcher Spenser Watkins and the Oakland Athletics at Busch Stadium, Tuesday at 7:45 PM ET.
He reached base in all five of his plate appearances (2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI) in his most recent game against the Athletics.
Paul Goldschmidt Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
- Game Time: 7:45 PM ET
- Stadium: Busch Stadium
- Athletics Starter: Spenser Watkins
- TV Channel: BSMW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
Discover More About This Game
Paul Goldschmidt At The Plate
- Goldschmidt leads St. Louis in slugging percentage (.454) thanks to 42 extra-base hits.
- Among qualified batters in MLB, his batting average ranks 32nd, his on-base percentage ranks 20th, and he is 54th in the league in slugging.
- In 66.1% of his 115 games this season, Goldschmidt has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 40 multi-hit games.
- He has hit a home run in 13.0% of his games in 2023 (15 of 115), and 3.7% of his trips to the dish.
- Goldschmidt has driven home a run in 37 games this season (32.2%), including more than one RBI in 16.5% of his games and producing three or more of his team's runs on three occasions..
- He has scored in 50 games this season (43.5%), including 14 multi-run games (12.2%).
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Paul Goldschmidt Home/Away Batting Splits
Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a 5.79 team ERA that ranks last among all league pitching staffs.
- The Athletics give up the fifth-most home runs in baseball (160 total, 1.3 per game).
- Watkins gets the call to start for the Athletics, his first this season.
- The 30-year-old righty last appeared Wednesday, Oct. 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he started and went 3 1/3 innings.
- In 23 games last season he compiled a 5-6 record and had a 4.70 ERA and a 1.415 WHIP.
