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Chase Meidroth Player Props: June 7, White Sox vs. Royals
Chase Meidroth Player Props: June 7, White Sox vs. Royals Chase Meidroth will try for a better performance after going hitless in his last game (0-for-5). He and the Chicago White Sox face the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, who will send out Michael Wacha to start, at 4:10 p.m. ET on CHSN and FDSKC. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Chase Meidroth player prop bets. Meidroth has five doubles, a home run and 21 walks while batting .301. Watch tonight's White Sox game on Fubo! Chase Meidroth Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1000) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1000) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +280) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +280) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -208) 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -208) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +725) How to Watch Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Matchup: Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Time: 4:10 p.m. ET 4:10 p.m. ET Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025 Saturday, June 7, 2025 TV Channel: CHSN and FDSKC CHSN and FDSKC Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Chase Meidroth vs. Michael Wacha Chase Meidroth prop bet insights Meidroth has a hit in 74.4% of his games this season (29 of 39), with multiple base knocks in 12 of them (30.8%). Despite logging a trip the plate in 39 games this season, he has hit just one home run. Meidroth has touched home plate at least one time in 16 of 39 games played this season (41.0%), including two games with multiple runs scored. He has driven in a run in eight of 39 games this season. In 38.5% of his 39 games this season, Meidroth has struck out (15 times). He's also had four games with multiple punchouts in 2025 (10.3%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 1:26 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Chase Meidroth stats against the Royals Royals starter: Michael Wacha
NBC Sports
27-05-2025
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- NBC Sports
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Chase Meidroth, Brett Baty, and AJ Blubaugh
We're now past Memorial Day, a landmark date for the major league season. We must take an honest look at who's playing well, who's playing poorly, and who we can truly count on to help us out through the long summer months ahead. So, we need to look a bit deeper to find gems on the waiver wire. Fear not, because there are still a handful of available players that have the chance to be difference makers in both the short and long term. Christopher Crawford, Here are three players that are under 40% rostered on Yahoo leagues that you should strongly consider adding. If you want a larger list, Eric Samulski wrote his extended waiver wire piece on Sunday. Chase Meidroth, 2B/3B/SS The most major league ready piece in the package that went back to the White Sox for Garrett Crochet this past winter, the 23-year-old Meidroth has played well to begin his career. He's riding a 13 game on-base streak as of Tuesday morning and has asserted himself as both their lead-off hitter and starting shortstop since being called up about a month ago. More than anything else, he is a pest at the plate. He consistently held high on-base percentages through the minor leagues by rarely striking out and drawing plenty of walks. So far in the majors, Meidroth has the lowest swing rate of any player that has taken at least 100 plate appearances. On top of that, he has one of the highest zone-contact rates. So while he rarely swings, he will almost always make contact when the ball is in the zone and he decides to offer at it. That approach has helped him to a .296 batting average and .387 on-base percentage through 31 games as a rookie. This approach is not all that different from other contact mavens like Jacob Wilson, Luis Arraez, and Steven Kwan, Meidroth just takes it to an entirely different extreme by never swinging the bat. Of that trio, Meidroth's approach is most similar to Kwan's, who is also patient and takes his fair share of walks. Yet, Meidroth walks far more often, has a bit more raw power, and has managed a similar contact rate. It doesn't look like he'll hit for much power though with just one home run and meager 107.1 mph max exit velocity. All four hitters from this group have very short swings – which minimizes their ceiling as power hitters – but often square-up the ball to shoot base hits all over the field. Meidroth could still run into eight or so homers from this point on. He's averaged that many in each of his last two minor league seasons and most projection models peg him for somewhere between five and seven the rest of the way. He also pulls his fly balls at a similar rate to Wilson, whose power output has been a surprise. Instead, he's surprisingly proven himself as a capable base stealer of late. He's swiped five bags in his last 10 games and already has eight this season. He never stole more than 13 in any full minor league season. If this aggressiveness holds, it could dramatically increase his fantasy value. Bottom line, Meidroth is eligible all over the infield and will be a boost in both batting average and on-base percentage. Him stealing bases could be a huge bonus that counteract his minimal power production. Brett Baty, 2B/3B Mets There's some genuine skill growth happening right now with Baty. He has a .908 OPS since being recalled from the minor leagues on May 7th and has all practically usurped Mark Vientos as the Mets' starting third baseman. This is a borderline shock after he was statistically one of the worst players in baseball through April. A hot spring training plus an injury to Jeff McNeil opened the door for Baty to make the opening day roster and get playing time at second base early on. While he held his own there defensively, he opened the season with a 3-for-27 slump. Worse than that slump, his approach at the plate was a disaster. He didn't draw a walk, struck out over 40% of the time, and somehow fell behind 0-2 in the count in nearly half of his plate appearances during that stretch. Brett Baty has taken 21 PA this season He's fallen behind 0-2 in nine of those 21 PA He has not been ahead 2-0, 3-0, or 3-1 once Just a ridiculously terrible approach Basically impossible to succeed as a hitter when you're always behind in the count Again, it was an unmitigated disaster. He showed some signs of life towards the end of the month with a handful of extra-base hits and a long home run against Zack Wheeler, but was demoted when McNeil returned from injury. Now, he looks like a totally different player. His at-bats are much more consistent and his strikeout rate is down to 21.2% since coming back up. This comes with a zone-contact and overall contact rate that are right around league average. That's very important for Baty because his carrying skill is his power and it will shine through as long as he's literally able to make consistent contact. His pitch recognition was severely lacking though, until a recent and somewhat unorthodox adjustment. While his bat speed is up there with the league's elite power hitters, Baty has struggled to both pull and lift the ball in the past. To try and fix this, he seemed dead set on making contact with the ball out in front of the plate. That makes sense: if you want to pull and lift the ball for power, go out and get it. It didn't work though and forced him into many bad swings and an overall poor approach. More recently, he's decided to let the ball travel deeper before making contact. He's moved back in the box three inches and his intercept point is about six inches deeper than it was last season. For most, this could decrease power. Since Baty has such freaky raw power and twitch, he can still generate top-end power and that extra split second he's afforded himself has drastically improved his pitch recognition for the time being. These improvements at the plate have been underscored by his defensive prowess, where again he's lightyears better than Vientos at third base and can hold his own at second. All he needs to do is be something close to a league average hitter and he'll play everyday. If he's getting to this much power, he'll be far better than that and a valuable asset in 12-team leagues with his dual position eligibility. AJ Blubaugh, SP Astros This is one to file away for you deep league players. The Astros' rotation is beleaguered at the moment with Hayden Wesneski's Tommy John surgery and Ronel Blanco's elbow inflammation that landed him on the injured list. They joined Spencer Arrigheti who still hasn't thrown after breaking his thumb seven weeks ago. With that, Ryan Gusto and Colton Gordon currently have spots on their pitching staff. Gusto flashed some solid stuff early in the season, but his only plus pitch is a fastball and even that has drifted back closer to average. Gordon is a soft-tossing lefty that stays around the strike zone and doesn't have many weapons to get right-handed batters out. There's a decent chance one of – if not both – of these two could be pushed out of the rotation before long. And that's without mentioning Lance McCullers Jr. who's back after a two-year hiatus and walking nearly 15% of the batters he's faced without completing five innings in any of his four starts so far. So, the door could be open for Blubaugh. Stuff wise, he's more impressive than anyone on this list. He has a decent fastball that sits around 94 mph with solid ride and run plus a nasty sweeper, cutter, curveball, and changeup. That deep mix gives him ample weapons to attack hitters from each side of the plate. He was called upon for a spot start on April 30th and struck out six Tigers. He also allowed two home runs and was pulled after four innings. Still, the stuff shone through and of this group of back-end starters in Houston, he has the most upside for the rest of the season. Be vigilant on their team news and use the Rotoworld player news page to do so. That way, you can grab Blubaugh right when he snags one of these rotation spots.
USA Today
26-05-2025
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- USA Today
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 26, White Sox vs. Mets
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 26, White Sox vs. Mets Chase Meidroth's Chicago White Sox take on the New York Mets on May 26 at 4:10 p.m. ET, and will see starting pitcher Clay Holmes on the mound. Meidroth put up one hit in his most recent game, finishing 1-for-4. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Chase Meidroth player prop bets. Meidroth is hitting .305 with four doubles, a home run and 14 walks. Meidroth enters this game on a 12-game hitting streak. During his last games he is batting .410 with two doubles, a home run, five walks and two RBIs. Watch tonight's White Sox game on Fubo! Chase Meidroth Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1150) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1150) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +290) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +290) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -182) 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -182) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +450) How to Watch Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets Matchup: Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets Time: 4:10 p.m. ET 4:10 p.m. ET Date: Monday, May 26, 2025 Monday, May 26, 2025 TV Channel: MLB Network, SNY and CHSN MLB Network, SNY and CHSN Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Chase Meidroth vs. Clay Holmes Chase Meidroth prop bet insights Meidroth has reached base with a hit 22 times this year in 28 games played (78.6%), including multiple hits on eight occasions (28.6%). He has hit a long ball in one of 28 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 0.8% of his plate appearances. Meidroth has scored at least a run in 14 of 28 games played this season (50.0%), including two games with multiple runs scored. He has driven in a run in five of 28 games this season. Meidroth has struck out in 46.4% of his 28 games this season, with two or more strikeouts in 10.7% of those contests (three). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 1:25 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Mets starter: Clay Holmes Holmes (5-3) toes the rubber for the Mets in his 11th start of the season. He has produced a 3.13 ERA in 54 2/3 innings pitched, with 53 Ks. When he last got the call on Tuesday, the righty threw six innings against the Boston Red Sox, allowing two earned runs while surrendering four hits. Among pitchers with enough innings to qualify, the 32-year-old's 3.13 ERA ranks 29th, 1.244 WHIP ranks 47th, and 8.7 K/9 ranks 28th. Holmes is looking to put up his fifth quality start of the season.
USA Today
24-05-2025
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- USA Today
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 24, White Sox vs. Rangers
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 24, White Sox vs. Rangers Chase Meidroth and the Chicago White Sox will take on Jack Leiter and the Texas Rangers on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET on CHSN and RSN. Meidroth had two hits in his most recent appearance, going 2 for 4. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Chase Meidroth player prop bets. Meidroth is batting .309 with four doubles, a home run and 12 walks. Meidroth has safely hit in 10 straight games. In his last outings he is hitting .425 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and three RBIs. Watch tonight's White Sox game on Fubo! Chase Meidroth Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1050) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1050) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +300) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +300) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -175) 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -175) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +310) How to Watch Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Matchup: Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Time: 4:10 p.m. ET 4:10 p.m. ET Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025 Saturday, May 24, 2025 TV Channel: CHSN and RSN CHSN and RSN Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Chase Meidroth vs. Jack Leiter Chase Meidroth prop bet insights In 76.9% of his 26 games this season, Meidroth has recorded a base hit (20 times). He's also notched eight multi-hit games in 2025 (30.8%). Despite appearing in 26 games this season, he has hit only one homer. In 13 of 26 games this season (50.0%), Meidroth has scored at least one run, including two games with multiple runs scored. He has produced a run in five of 26 games this year. Meidroth has gone down on strikes at least once in 50.0% of his games this year (13 of 26), with more than one strikeout in three of them (11.5%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 1:25 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Chase Meidroth stats against the Rangers Rangers starter: Jack Leiter
USA Today
23-05-2025
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- USA Today
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 23, White Sox vs. Rangers
Chase Meidroth Player Props: May 23, White Sox vs. Rangers After he put up two hits in his last game (going 2 for 5 with a double and an RBI), Chase Meidroth and the Chicago White Sox will see Tyler Mahle starting for the Texas Rangers on Friday at 7:40 p.m. ET on CHSN and CW33. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Chase Meidroth player prop bets. Meidroth is batting .301 with four doubles, a home run and 12 walks. Meidroth has hit safely in nine games in a row. During his last games he is hitting .375 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and three RBIs. Watch tonight's White Sox game on Fubo! Chase Meidroth Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1100) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1100) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +333) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +333) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -189) 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -189) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +450) How to Watch Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Matchup: Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Time: 7:40 p.m. ET 7:40 p.m. ET Date: Friday, May 23, 2025 Friday, May 23, 2025 TV Channel: CHSN and CW33 CHSN and CW33 Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Chase Meidroth vs. Tyler Mahle Chase Meidroth prop bet insights In 76.0% of his games this season (19 of 25), Meidroth has posted a hit, and in seven of those games (28.0%) he's recorded multiple base knocks. Despite appearing in 25 games this season, he has hit only one homer. Meidroth has scored at least a run in 13 of 25 games played this season (52.0%), including two games with multiple runs scored. He has plated at least one run five times this year in 25 games played (20.0%), but does not have multiple RBI in any of those games. Meidroth has gone down on strikes one or more times 13 times this year in 25 games played (52.0%), including three times striking out multiple times (12.0%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Friday at 1:29 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Rangers starter: Tyler Mahle
