Cubs vs. Red Sox Player Props Today: Michael Busch - April 26
Michael Busch was hitless in his previous game (0-for-4), but will have another crack at it when the Chicago Cubs face Kutter Crawford and the Boston Red Sox on Friday at 7:10 PM ET on NESN.
Busch has hit a team-high six home runs. He has 16 RBI. Busch ranks 11th in homers and 26th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
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Michael Busch prop lines and game time
- Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox
- Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
- TV Channel: NESN
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +130)
Michael Busch prop bet insights
- Busch has a hit in 14 of 22 games this year, with multiple hits in six of them.
- He has hit a home run in six games this season (22 opportunities, 27.3%), leaving the ballpark in 6.7% of his plate appearances.
- In 10 of 22 games this year, Busch has crossed the plate, including one game with multiple runs scored.
- In 50.0% of his games this year (11 of 22), he has picked up at least one RBI. In four of those games (18.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 17 of 22 games this year (77.3%), Busch has gone down on strikes, and 11 of those games (50.0%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
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Michael Busch stats against the Red Sox
Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/27/2023 | Tanner Houck | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
8/25/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Red Sox starter: Kutter Crawford
- Crawford (1-0 with a 0.66 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings pitched) takes the hill for the Red Sox in his sixth start of the season.
- His last outing was on Saturday versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, when the righty went six innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering seven hits.
- Among qualifying hurlers this year, the 28-year-old ranks first in ERA (0.66), 18th in WHIP (.988), and 24th in K/9 rate (9.9).
- Crawford has posted two quality starts this year.