Yu Darvish projections, stats and prop bet odds for Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres on Sep 4, 2024
Yu Darvish Player Prop Bet: Strikeouts
Strikeouts Prop Bet Odds:
- Strikeouts 4.5 over: -129
- Strikeouts 4.5 under: -106
Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop Bet
When estimating his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Yu Darvish in the 82nd percentile among all starting pitchers in baseball.
The Detroit Tigers have 5 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Spencer Torkelson, Trey Sweeney, Dillon Dingler, Riley Greene, Jace Jung).
According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Kyle Higashioka (the Padres's expected catcher in today's game) projects as an elite pitch framer.
Petco Park ranks as the #4 park in Major League Baseball for strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).
Built just 14 feet above sea level, Petco Park has one of the lowest altitudes in MLB, which generally leads to worse offense.
Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Prop Bet
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Yu Darvish to have a pitch count today, projecting a maximum of 81 pitches.
This game is forecasted to have the 12th-best weather for pitching among all the games scheduled today.
With 6 hitters of opposing handedness in the opposing team's projected offense, Yu Darvish meets a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this game.
In his previous GS, Yu Darvish struggled when it came to striking batters out and was only able to post 2 Ks.
Yu Darvish's fastball spin rate has fallen 100 rpm this season (2306 rpm) below where it was last year (2406 rpm).
Projection For Today's Yu Darvish Strikeouts Prop Bet
Yu Darvish is projected to have 5.9 Strikeouts in todays game.
