Oneil Cruz Player Props: May 18, Pirates vs. Cubs
Oneil Cruz went hitless in his last game (0-for-5), but will have another crack at it when the Pittsburgh Pirates take on Shota Imanaga and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at 2:20 PM ET on MARQ.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Oneil Cruz player prop bets.
Cruz has hit a team-best seven home runs. He has 18 RBI. In baseball, Cruz ranks 37th in home runs and 94th in RBI.
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- Matchup: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
- Time: 2:20 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
- TV Channel: MARQ
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -149)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +245)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +205)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -149)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +700)
Oneil Cruz prop bet insights
- Cruz has reached base with a hit 28 times this year in 44 games played (63.6%), including multiple hits in 27.3% of them (12 times).
- In 15.9% of his games this season, he has homered (seven of 44). During the 2024 campaign, he’s left the yard in 3.9% of his trips to the plate.
- In 31.8% of his games this year (14 of 44), Cruz has scored at least one run, and in three of those games (6.8%) he recorded more than one run scored.
- He has tallied at least one RBI 12 times this season in 44 tries (27.3%), including driving in multiple runs in 11.4% of games (five times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on one occasion..
- Cruz has gone down on strikes in 75% of his 44 games this year, with two or more strikeouts in 40.9% of those contests (18).
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Oneil Cruz stats against the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/17/2024 | Kyle Hendricks | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/16/2024 | Justin Steele | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2024 | Kyle Hendricks | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2024 | Justin Steele | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2024 | Javier Assad | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/25/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Javier Assad | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 9/22/2022 | Hayden Wesneski | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Keegan Thompson | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/25/2022 | Adrian Sampson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Cubs starter: Shota Imanaga
- Imanaga (5-0) takes the hill for the Cubs in his ninth start of the season. He has produced a 0.96 ERA in 46 2/3 innings pitched, with 51 Ks.
- When he last took the hill on Monday versus the Atlanta Braves, the lefty went five scoreless innings while surrendering seven hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers, the 30-year-old’s 0.96 ERA ranks first, .943 WHIP ranks seventh, and 9.8 K/9 ranks 17th this season.
- Imanaga has posted five quality starts this year.