William Contreras Preview, Player Props: Brewers vs. Cubs

On Monday, William Contreras (.444 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 89 points above season-long percentage) and the Milwaukee Brewers play the Chicago Cubs, whose starting pitcher will be Jameson Taillon. First pitch is at 8:05 PM ET.

He racked up two extra-base hits in his previous game (2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI) against the Padres.

William Contreras Game Info & Props vs. the Cubs

• Game Day: Monday, August 28, 2023
• Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
• Stadium: Wrigley Field
• Cubs Starter: Jameson Taillon
• TV Channel: MARQ
• 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: +115)

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William Contreras At The Plate

• Contreras has 115 hits, which ranks first among Milwaukee hitters this season, while batting .278 with 46 extra-base hits.
• Among the qualifying batters in MLB, he ranks 25th in batting average, 30th in on-base percentage, and 47th in slugging.
• Contreras is batting .375 with two homers during his last outings and is riding a seven-game hitting streak.
• Contreras has had a hit in 76 of 109 games this season (69.7%), including multiple hits 33 times (30.3%).
• In 12.8% of his games this year, he has homered, and 3% of his trips to the dish.
• Contreras has picked up an RBI in 37.6% of his games this season, with two or more RBI in 15.6% of his games. He has also produced three or more runs in five contests.
• In 45.9% of his games this season (50 of 109), he has scored, and in 13 of those games (11.9%) he has scored more than once.

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Cubs Pitching Rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 21st in the league.
• The Cubs have a 4.22 team ERA that ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, 1.1 per game).
• Taillon (7-8 with a 5.60 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Cubs, his 24th of the season.
• In his last outing on Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers, the righty tossed 5 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
• The 31-year-old has put up a 5.60 ERA and 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings across 23 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .270 to his opponents.