After he strung together three hits in his most recent appearance (going 3-for-5), Connor Joe and the Pittsburgh Pirates will see Shota Imanaga on the mound for the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at 2:20 PM ET on MARQ.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Connor Joe player prop bets.
Joe has accumulated a team-best batting average of .296 while leading the Pirates in runs batted in (22). He’s also hit six home runs.
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Connor Joe Odds, Prop Bets and Game Info
- 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: -164)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -164)
Connor Joe prop bet insights
- In 71.1% of his games this season (27 of 38), Joe has posted a hit, and in 11 of those games (28.9%) he’s recorded more than one hit.
- In 15.8% of his games this season, he has homered (six of 38). During the 2024 campaign, he’s gone deep in 4% of his trips to the plate.
- In 20 of 38 games this season (52.6%), Joe has scored, and four of those games (10.5%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
- He has driven in a run in 15 of 38 games this year, with multiple RBI in six of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- Joe has gone down on strikes at least once 21 times this season in 38 games played (55.3%), including six multi-punchout contests (15.8%).
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Friday at 11:24 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Connor Joe stats against the Cubs
| Date |
Opp. SP |
H/AB |
XBH |
HR |
RBI |
R |
K/BB |
SB |
| 5/17/2024 |
Kyle Hendricks |
3-for-5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 5/16/2024 |
Justin Steele |
1-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 5/12/2024 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2-for-4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1/1 |
0 |
| 5/11/2024 |
Justin Steele |
1-for-5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 9/21/2023 |
Kyle Hendricks |
3-for-5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0/0 |
0 |
| 9/20/2023 |
Justin Steele |
3-for-5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2/0 |
0 |
| 8/27/2023 |
Javier Assad |
0-for-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
0 |
| 8/26/2023 |
Jordan Wicks |
1-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3/0 |
0 |
| 8/25/2023 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1-for-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/1 |
0 |
| 8/24/2023 |
Justin Steele |
2-for-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0/2 |
0 |
Cubs starter: Shota Imanaga
- The Cubs will call on Imanaga (5-0) to make his ninth start of the season. He is 5-0 with a 0.96 ERA and 51 Ks through 46 2/3 innings pitched.
- When he last took the hill on Monday versus the Atlanta Braves, the lefty threw five scoreless innings while surrendering seven hits.
- Among pitcher who qualify, the 30-year-old currently ranks first in ERA (0.96), seventh in WHIP (.943), and 17th in K/9 rate (9.8) this year.
- This season, Imanaga has notched five quality starts.
