Astros vs. Cubs Player Props Today: Yainer Diaz - April 25
Yainer Diaz will look to improve on a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-4). His Houston Astros face Javier Assad and the Chicago Cubs on Thursday at 2:20 PM ET on SCHN.
Diaz has four doubles, three home runs and six walks while batting .289.
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- Matchup: Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs
- Time: 2:20 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
- TV Channel: SCHN
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -233)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +140)
Yainer Diaz prop bet insights
- Diaz has reached base with a hit 16 times this season in 23 games played (69.6%), including multiple hits on nine occasions (39.1%).
- He has hit a home run in two of the 23 games he’s played in this season, going deep in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
- Diaz has scored at least once eight times this year in 23 games played (34.8%), including one multi-run effort.
- In nine of 23 games this year he has tallied an RBI, and he has one game with multiple RBI.
- In 11 of 23 games this year (47.8%), Diaz has gone down on strikes one or more times, including two games with multiple strikeouts.
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Yainer Diaz stats against the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/24/2024 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/23/2024 | Jordan Wicks | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/17/2023 | Drew Smyly | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Cubs starter: Javier Assad
- The Cubs will call on Assad (2-0) to make his fifth start of the season. He is 2-0 with a 2.11 ERA and 21 Ks in 21 1/3 innings pitched.
- His last outing came on Saturday versus the Miami Marlins, when the right-hander went 4 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering three hits.
- In four outings this season, the 26-year-old has a 2.11 ERA and 8.9 strikeouts per nine frames, while surrendering a batting average of .192 to his opponents.