Astros vs. Cubs Player Props Today: Yainer Diaz - April 25

Yainer Diaz will look to improve on a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-4). His Houston Astros face Javier Assad and the Chicago Cubs on Thursday at 2:20 PM ET on SCHN.

Diaz has four doubles, three home runs and six walks while batting .289.

Yainer Diaz prop lines and game time

• Matchup: Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs
• Time: 2:20 PM ET
• Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
• TV Channel: SCHN
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
• Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -233)
• Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
• RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
• Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
• Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +140)

Yainer Diaz prop bet insights

• Diaz has reached base with a hit 16 times this season in 23 games played (69.6%), including multiple hits on nine occasions (39.1%).
• He has hit a home run in two of the 23 games he’s played in this season, going deep in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
• Diaz has scored at least once eight times this year in 23 games played (34.8%), including one multi-run effort.
• In nine of 23 games this year he has tallied an RBI, and he has one game with multiple RBI.
• In 11 of 23 games this year (47.8%), Diaz has gone down on strikes one or more times, including two games with multiple strikeouts.

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 3:24 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Yainer Diaz stats against the Cubs

Cubs starter: Javier Assad

• The Cubs will call on Assad (2-0) to make his fifth start of the season. He is 2-0 with a 2.11 ERA and 21 Ks in 21 1/3 innings pitched.
• His last outing came on Saturday versus the Miami Marlins, when the right-hander went 4 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering three hits.
• In four outings this season, the 26-year-old has a 2.11 ERA and 8.9 strikeouts per nine frames, while surrendering a batting average of .192 to his opponents.