Nelson Velazquez Player Props: June 18, Royals vs. Athletics
Nelson Velazquez went hitless in his most recent game (0-for-2 with an RBI), but will have another crack at it when the Kansas City Royals take on Hogan Harris and the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET on BSKC.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Nelson Velazquez player prop bets.
Velazquez is batting .205 with eight doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 18 walks.
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- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +185)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +120)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -175)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +1100)
Nelson Velazquez prop bet insights
- In 50.0% of his 60 games this season, Velazquez has recorded a base hit (30 times). He’s also put up 10 multi-hit games in 2024 (16.7%).
- He has hit a home run in 11.7% of his games this season (60 contests), leaving the ballpark in 3.7% of his trips to the dish.
- Velazquez has scored at least one run 24 times this season in 60 tries (40.0%), including scoring multiple runs in 10.0% of games (six times).
- He has produced a run in 17 of 60 games this season, with multiple RBI in eight of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 41 of 60 games this year (68.3%), Velazquez has been set down on strikes, and 15 of those games (25.0%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
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Nelson Velazquez stats against the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/19/2024 | JP Sears | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/18/2024 | Ross Stripling | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/17/2024 | Mitch Spence | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/23/2023 | Adrian Martinez | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2023 | Dany Jimenez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Athletics starter: Hogan Harris
- The Athletics will call on Harris (0-0) to make his fourth start of the season. He is 0-0 with a 2.49 ERA and 23 Ks through 25 1/3 innings pitched.
- His last outing was on Wednesday versus the San Diego Padres, when the lefty tossed five innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up four hits.
- In five games this year, the 27-year-old put up an ERA of 2.49, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .211 against him.