<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-dusty-baker-reacts-to-kyle-tucker-historic-grand-slam-off-felix-bautista');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dusty Baker reacts to Kyle Tucker’s historic grand slam off Felix Bautista');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Astros-Dusty-Baker-Kyle-Tucker-Felix-Bautista.jpeg"></figure><h1>Dusty Baker reacts to Kyle Tucker’s historic grand slam off Felix Bautista</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T10:46:15-07:00">August 9th, 10:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T10:46:15-07:00">August 9th, 10:46am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyle Tucker just gave the Houston Astros a huge win in the most incredible fashion imaginable: hitting a ninth-inning grand slam off of Baltimore Orioles superstar Felix Bautista.</p><p>Bautista is having one of the best seasons by a relief pitcher in recent memory but faltered in a home matchup with the Astros. A walk from Jon Singleton and singles from Jose Altuve and Yordan Alvarez loaded the bases for Tucker. The Astros’ star outfielder found himself down 0-2 in the count but fought back to bring it even and kept himself alive with some foul balls. Then, he smacked a 403-foot grand slam, putting Houston up by one in the top of the ninth inning. A 1-2-3 inning from Ryan Pressly sealed the deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kyle Tucker came out on top in an epic 9-pitch duel with Félix Bautista in the 9th. <a href="https://t.co/citBNPmP2v">pic.twitter.com/citBNPmP2v</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1689101659379580929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Not in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-kyle-tucker-astonishing-hr-off-of-felix-bautista-is-first-of-its-kind-in-110-years" rel="noopener">over 100 years</a> has someone hit a grand slam that late in a game off of someone who had an ERA below 1.00. Astros manager Dusty Baker sounded off on the unreal at-bat, praising Tucker for <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/kyle-tucker-hits-go-ahead-grand-slam-in-astros-win-over-orioles" rel="noopener">sticking with it</a> and coming up huge for the team, according to Joe Trezza of MLB.com.</p><p>“That was some battle — two big, big boys,” Baker said, via MLB.com. “That was a determination at-bat. That’s what hitting is all about: it’s about determination and want and desire and concentration, and Tuck had all of the above. He fouled off some real tough pitches, stayed off some tough pitches and got a pitch that he could hit and didn’t miss it. A lot of times you get your pitch, you foul it back or something. He squared it up, and boy, that was a beautiful sight.”</p><p>The man himself said that the matchup was tough but that he got the timing right to send one over the fences for his 20th home run of the season.</p><p>“I was able to catch one out front and time it well,” Kyle Tucker said, via MLB.com. “That was a tough at-bat, but I found a way to come out of it on top.”</p><p>Tucker isn’t going to be the American League MVP — that’s almost certain to be Shohei Ohtani’s award — but he has been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-kyle-tucker-has-fans-begging-houston-to-pay-the-man-after-monster-grand-slam-vs-felix-bautista" rel="noopener">playing at such a leve</a>l for the Astros this year. He is posting career-highs in batting average (.297) and on-base percentage (.377) while leading Houston in hits (121), doubles (28), RBI (82) and stolen bases (24).</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dusty Baker reacts to Kyle Tucker’s historic grand slam off Felix Bautista

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-kyle-tucker-astonishing-hr-off-of-felix-bautista-is-first-of-its-kind-in-110-years');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kyle Tucker’s astonishing HR off of Felix Bautista is first of its kind in 110 years');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Angels-news-Mike-Trout_s-MLB-All-Star-Game-replacement-after-injury-revealed2.jpg"></figure><h1>Kyle Tucker’s astonishing HR off of Felix Bautista is first of its kind in 110 years</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-08T23:53:13-07:00">August 8th, 11:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-08T23:54:14-07:00">August 8th, 11:54pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyle Tucker played the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-kyle-tucker-has-fans-begging-houston-to-pay-the-man-after-monster-grand-slam-vs-felix-bautista?_ga=2.194398511.368040680.1691275145-2009302196.1657493643" rel="noopener">role of the hero</a> for the Houston Astros in their 7-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-orioles-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-8-2023" rel="noopener">Tuesday night</a>. Tucker unleashed a clutch grand slam at the expense of Orioles star closer Felix Bautista in the ninth inning that turned a three-run deficit into a one-run lead for the Astros.</p><p>It was not just like any other grand slam because what Tucker just did was something MLB fans had not seen in at least <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1689145300290502657" rel="noopener">the last 110 years</a>.</p><p><i>“Kyle Tucker’s grand slam for the @astros tonight came off of Félix Bautista (0.85 ERA entering the game). Since ERA became an official stat in 1913, no other MLB player has hit a grand slam in the 9th or later off a pitcher who entered the game with a sub-1.00 ERA (min. 30 IP),”</i> tweeted OptaSTATS.</p><p>Tucker battled against Baustita for nine pitches. He found himself behind the count right away, as he got a strike in the first two offerings from Bautista but got a ball in each of the next two pitches and fouled four pitches in a row <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401472717" rel="noopener">before launching the ball</a> into orbit and driving Jon Singleton, Jose Altuve, and Yordan Alvarez home.</p><p><i>“I was just trying to get something over the plate and just kind of grind through it,”</i> Kyle Tucker told reporters after the game, via AP (h/t ESPN). <i>“I was just able to catch one out in front and time it well and put a good swing on it.”</i></p><p>Tucker is slashing .297/.377/.889 with 20 home runs and 82 RBIs in 408 at-bats this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kyle Tucker’s astonishing HR off of Felix Bautista is first of its kind in 110 years

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-kyle-tucker-has-fans-begging-houston-to-pay-the-man-after-monster-grand-slam-vs-felix-bautista');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kyle Tucker has fans begging Astros to ‘pay the man’ after monster grand slam vs Felix Bautista');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kyle-Tucker-Astros.jpg"></figure><h1>Kyle Tucker has fans begging Astros to ‘pay the man’ after monster grand slam vs Felix Bautista</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-08T20:31:20-07:00">August 8th, 8:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-08T20:32:12-07:00">August 8th, 8:32pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyle Tucker sealed the deal <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-orioles-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-8-2023" rel="noopener">Tuesday night</a> in favor of the Houston Astros. The Astros outfielder lifted a monster go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning off of Baltimore Orioles All-Star closer Felix Bautista to lead Houston to a 7-6 victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">GRAND SLAM KING TUCK! 👑</p><p>Kyle Tucker battles for 9 pitches before hitting a go-ahead grand slam in the 9th inning in Baltimore! 💥</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a>)<a href="https://t.co/AQbmgPtroP">pic.twitter.com/AQbmgPtroP</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1689090666268131328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Almost immediately, cries of “pay the man” reverberated throughout Twitter from Astros fans who want the Astros to give Tucker a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-houston-gm-sounds-off-on-difficult-extension-talks-with-kyle-tucker-framber-valdez" rel="noopener">new contract</a>.</p><p>“Jim Crane needs to do whatever he can to extend Kyle Tucker. PAY THE MAN,” wrote Michael Schwab in a tweet.</p><p>Here’s Twitter user @baseballnchill posting a hilarious blank check for Kyle Tucker.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PAY THE MAN <a href="https://t.co/uRI7ALMLrA">pic.twitter.com/uRI7ALMLrA</a></p><p>— Jenn (@baseballnchill) <a href="https://twitter.com/baseballnchill/status/1689089649946636288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Tucker saved the Astros from the jaws of defeat and brought them back to life with that massive blast, which, according to ESPN Stats &amp; Info, was the <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1689097556028985344" rel="noopener">first of its kind</a> so far in the 2023 MLB regular season.</p><p>“Down 3 with one out in the top of the 9th, Kyle Tucker gave the Astros the lead with one swing. He’s the first player this season to hit a grand slam in the 9th inning or later with his team trailing by 3.”</p><p>More reactions:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pay the man! <br> <a href="https://t.co/isf7bttpxE">pic.twitter.com/isf7bttpxE</a></p><p>— Astros Griff (@GriffTannen90) <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffTannen90/status/1689093463352999937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KING TUCKER!!! PAY THE MAN!! <a href="https://t.co/MaOxSi0ZWK">pic.twitter.com/MaOxSi0ZWK</a></p><p>— Nick Alvarez (@NickAtNightTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickAtNightTX/status/1689094608213491712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Tucker has two more years of arbitration eligibility beyond 2023. He went through arbitration prior to this season and got himself a one-year deal worth $5 million, which sounds like a bargain considering how great he’s been this season for the Astros. He <a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/houston-astros" rel="noopener">currently leads</a> all qualified Houston players with a .889 OPS to go with 20 home runs and a .297 batting average.</p><p>As for the Astros, they have improved to 65-49 after their win in the series opener against the Orioles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kyle Tucker has fans begging Astros to ‘pay the man’ after monster grand slam vs Felix Bautista

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/top-prop-bets-for-mlb-5-30-featuring-vladimir-guerrero-jr-and-kyle-tucker');   ga('set', 'title', 'Top Prop Bets for MLB 5-30 featuring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kyle Tucker');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Top-Prop-Bets-for-MLB-5-30-featuring-Vladimir-Guerrero-Jr.-and-Kyle-Tucker.jpg"></figure><h1>Top Prop Bets for MLB 5-30 featuring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kyle Tucker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-30T12:37:08-07:00">May 30th, 12:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-30T12:37:08-07:00">May 30th, 12:37pm</time><address><a>Garrett Kerman</a>Garrett Kerman also goes by the name of The Fight Analyst. He covers all combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to even bare-knuckle. He is also very well-versed in all American sports when it comes to news and betting analysis. Whether you want betting advice or some breaking news, Garrett is your guy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s Tuesday 5/30 Memorial Day and we have a great slate of baseball starting at 6:40 P.M. ET in Detroit as the Detroit Tigers host the Texas Rangers for game 2 of their series. There is a chock-full of great value on today’s prop bets so let’s take a look at our MLB prop bets odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> this Monday, May 30th.</p><p><i><b><a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener sponsored">MLB Prop Bets Odds</a>, Courtesy of FanDuel</b></i></p><h2><b>MLB Prop Bets Odds</b></h2><p>Josh Lowe to Record 2+ Total Bases: +110</p><p>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to Record 2+ RBIs: +390</p><p>Kyle Tucker to Record 2+ Total Bases: +130</p><p>Aaron Judge to Record 2+ Total Bases: -105</p><p>Yusei Kikuchi Over 5.5 Strikeouts: -134</p><h2>Josh Lowe to Record 2+ Total Bases: +110</h2><p>Josh Lowe is having a productive year at the plate this season for the Tampa Bay Rays. He is hitting .301 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs with most of his work coming against right-handed pitching.</p><p>He gets to take on Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs who he has a good track record against. Lowe has a career .323 batting average against Hendricks, with a .500 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage. He’s also homered twice and driven in five runs in 12 career at-bats against Hendricks.</p><p>Hendricks also struggled in his first start this season after coming off the disabled list. He gave up 6 hits, 5 runs (3 earned), 2 walks, and 1 hit by pitch in 4 1/3 innings pitched against the New York Mets. Hendricks is also notoriously bad against left-handed batters which puts Lowe in a prime position for a big game.</p><h2>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to Record 2+ RBIs: +390</h2><p>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. may not have an RBI since the Tampa Bay Rays series on May 24th but he is in a prime position to break out in the series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers. He is currently batting .284 with 8 home runs and 34 RBIs on the season.</p><p>On the mound for the Brewers is Adrian Houser who has actually pitched quite well for the Brew Crew this season. He has a 1-0 record with a  2.25 ERA and 14 strikeouts through 4 starts. Houser now has the daunting task of going against Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays’ stacked lineup on the road. Seeing as Houser hardly produces swinging strikes with just a 7.5% swing strike rate, Guerrero Jr. will have a ton of opportunities to get over this RBI prop.</p><h2>Kyle Tucker to Record 2+ Total Bases: +130</h2><p>Kyle Tucker has been a very productive bat for the Houston Astros this season. He is currently batting .276 with 7 home runs, and 33 RBIs. He also has safely been on base in 10 out of 11 games and has totaled 2+ bases in 6 of those 10 games.</p><p>On the mound for the Twins is Joe Ryan who’s been quite exceptional this season. He has a 7-1 record with a 2.21 ERA and 70 strikeouts on the season. While he has been dominant thus far on the season, Kyle Tucker has been able to get on base in his two times against drawing back-to-back walks.</p><h2>Aaron Judge to Record 2+ Total Bases: -105</h2><p>Aaron Judge has been smashing the ball lately. He is coming off a 3-hit, 2-home run game in the first game of the series against the Seattle Mariners. Judge is hitting .302 with 17 home runs and 38 RBIs on the season and gets a preferred matchup against a right-handed pitcher in Logan Gilbert. Judge has safely hit over this total in 5 out of his last 7 games.</p><h2>Yusei Kikuchi Over 5.5 Strikeouts: -134</h2><p>Yusei Kikuchi has had an up-and-down season so far. He has a 5-2 record with a 4.56 ERA and 48 strikeouts through 10 games. What he does have going for him is his home/away splits. He is immensely better in his home ballpark than he is on the road. At home, his ERA drops to 3.54 ERA with an outstanding strikeout rate of 12.0 per 9 innings pitched.</p><p>He gets to take on a Milwaukee Brewers lineup that has had its fair share of troubles against left-handed pitching. They are hitting just .207 with 151 strikeouts (34%) in 450 at-bats. Kikuchi is in a prime position to have a great bounce-back game in this Tuesday evening game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Top Prop Bets for MLB 5-30 featuring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kyle Tucker

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However, this will not turn out to be the case for the reigning World Series champions.</p><p>During a press conference ahead of the Astros’ regular season opener against the Chicago White Sox, Brown took some time to touch on the <a href="https://twitter.com/GregBailey13/status/1641510582862897157?s=20" rel="noopener">futures</a> of both Kyle Tucker and Framber Valdez with the team. Brown noted that extension talks with the two have been put on halt.</p><p>“We’ve put that on pause,” Brown said.</p><p>Tucker is under team control with Houston for the next three seasons. He will earn $5 million in the 2023 campaign after he lost his arbitration case in February.</p><p>Brown mentioned during the offseason that he was in “conversations” with Tucker regarding a possible extension agreement, but the one-time All-Star will head into Opening Day without having signed off on such a deal.</p><p>As with Tucker, Valdez is set to become a free agent following the 2025 season. Brown did <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/astros-still-working-it-out-with-framber-valdez-kyle-tucker/" rel="noopener">entertain</a> the idea of signing the right-hander to a new contract during the offseason, but the one-time All-Star will also enter the 2023 campaign uncertain of whether he will soon sign off on such an agreement.</p><p>Brown could end up facing extension dilemmas with both Tucker and Valdez. He did <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/framber-valdez-kyle-tucker-contract-talks-17827612.php" rel="noopener">note</a> earlier this month that, as with Astros owner Jim Crane, he is not necessarily fond of handing out “big deals.”</p><p>“I just don’t like big deals,” Brown said. “If they’re open for something a little more than five, maybe I would be open to doing that. I’m sure Jim would be, too. I think Jim is very open. But doing 10-year deals, I don’t know if we’ll ever get to that point. That’s a lot of years. I’m not comfortable doing 10.</p><p>“I don’t mind doing 10 if you get a guy to the big leagues in the early 20s, really feel like he’s a big piece of the franchise, face of the franchise, and get him done for 10, and he finishes it out at 32-33. I’m OK with that. These deals that go beyond 33, for me, I’m uncomfortable. The analytics on that is not good.”</p><p>The Astros will open up their 2023 regular season schedule with a four-game home series against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-news-tim-anderson-sounds-off-on-the-possibility-of-this-major-change-with-white-sox" rel="noopener">White Sox</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.250	2	7	0.94	1

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