Shota Imanaga projections, stats and prop bet odds for Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs on Sep 22, 2024
Shota Imanaga Player Prop Bet: Strikeouts
Strikeouts Prop Bet Odds:
- Strikeouts 5.5 over: 120
- Strikeouts 5.5 under: -150
Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop Bet
The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Shota Imanaga in the 85th percentile as it relates to his strikeout talent.
Shota Imanaga has averaged 93 adjusted pitches per game per started this year, ranking in the 79th percentile.
Wrigley Field projects as the #8 ballpark in the league for strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).
Shota Imanaga will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his metrics across the board.
Shota Imanaga was firing on all cylinders in his previous start and accumulated 11 strikeouts.
Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Prop Bet
It is anticipated that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Ramon De Jesus) behind the plate in this game.
Wrigley Field sits at the 10th-highest altitude among all stadiums. High elevation usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense.
This game is projected to have the 2nd-most humid conditions of all games today (89%); there is a small but significant connection with increased offense (and decreased whiffs) when the weather is humid.
The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the most-favorable of the day for hitters.
The Washington Nationals have 7 bats in the projected lineup that will hold the platoon advantage against Shota Imanaga in this matchup.
Projection For Today's Shota Imanaga Strikeouts Prop Bet
Shota Imanaga is projected to have 6 Strikeouts in todays game.
Shota Imanaga Player Prop Bet: Earned Runs
Earned Runs Prop Bet Odds:
- Earned Runs 2.5 over: -125
- Earned Runs 2.5 under: -109
Trends Favoring The Over Earned Runs Prop Bet
It is anticipated that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Ramon De Jesus) behind the plate in this game.
This game is projected to have the 2nd-most humid conditions of all games today (89%); there is a small but significant connection with increased offense (and decreased whiffs) when the weather is humid.
The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the most-favorable of the day for hitters.
The Washington Nationals have 7 bats in the projected lineup that will hold the platoon advantage against Shota Imanaga in this matchup.
Given that flyball pitchers are least effective against groundball hitters, Shota Imanaga (40.4% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in this matchup with 6 GB hitters in Washington's projected lineup.
Trends Favoring The Under Earned Runs Prop Bet
According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)'s estimation, Shota Imanaga's overall pitching ability is in the 79th percentile among all starting pitchers in MLB currently.
The weakest projected batting order of all teams on the slate in terms of overall offensive ability belongs to the Washington Nationals.
It may be wise to expect negative regression for the Washington Nationals offense going forward, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) views them as the 5th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year.
Wrigley Field ranks as the #23 venue in the game for walks, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).
The 5th-deepest RF dimensions in the majors are found in Wrigley Field.
Projection For Today's Shota Imanaga Earned Runs Prop Bet
Shota Imanaga is projected to have 2.4 Earned Runs in todays game.
