Christopher Morel will try for a more productive performance after going hitless in his last game (0-for-4). He and the Tampa Bay Rays face the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, who will send out Kyle Gibson to start, at 7:15 PM ET on BSSUN.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Christopher Morel player prop bets.
Morel leads the Rays with 20 home runs and 53 runs batted in. Among all hitters in MLB play, Morel’s home run total ranks 25th and his RBI tally ranks 64th.
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Christopher Morel Prop Bets and Odds
- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -195)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -195)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +700)
How to Watch Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals
- Matchup: Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024
- TV Channel: BSSUN
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
Christopher Morel vs. Kyle Gibson
- Over his career versus Kyle Gibson, Morel is 2-for-10 with a double.
- Morel is 1-for-6 when matching up against Kyle Gibson this season.
- Against Kyle Gibson last season, Morel went 0-for-2.
Christopher Morel prop bet insights
- In 56.0% of his games this year (61 of 109), Morel has recorded a hit, and in 13 of those games (11.9%) he’s recorded at least two hits.
- Out of the 109 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s hit a home run in 19 contests (17.4%), going deep in 4.5% of his trips to the plate.
- In 36.7% of his 109 games this season, Morel has scored (40 times). He’s also put up six games with multiple runs in 2024 (5.5%).
- In 32.1% of his games this season (35 of 109), he has produced at least one run. In 13 of those games (11.9%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- Morel has gone down on strikes one or more times 74 times this season in 109 tries (67.9%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 30.3% of games (33 times).
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Christopher Morel stats against the Cardinals
| Date |
Opp. SP |
H/AB |
XBH |
HR |
RBI |
R |
K/BB |
SB |
| 8/7/2024 |
Erick Fedde |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/1 |
0 |
| 8/6/2024 |
Sonny Gray |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
0 |
| 7/14/2024 |
Miles Mikolas |
2-for-4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0/0 |
0 |
| 7/13/2024 |
Kyle Gibson |
1-for-5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 7/13/2024 |
Lance Lynn |
1-for-4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 7/12/2024 |
Sonny Gray |
1-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 6/16/2024 |
Miles Mikolas |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 6/15/2024 |
Andre Pallante |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
0 |
| 6/14/2024 |
Kyle Gibson |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2/0 |
0 |
| 5/26/2024 |
Sonny Gray |
0-for-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2/0 |
0 |
Cardinals starter: Kyle Gibson
- Gibson (7-4) takes the hill for the Cardinals in his 22nd start of the season. He has produced a 4.04 ERA in 120 1/3 innings pitched, with 109 Ks.
- When he last got the call on Saturday, the right-hander threw seven innings against the Chicago Cubs, giving up four earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers this season, the 36-year-old currently ranks 47th in ERA (4.04), 56th in WHIP (1.313), and 39th in K/9 (8.2).
- Gibson heads into this game after racking up nine quality starts.
