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    Look of the Day 8/7: Fade Kutter Crawford against the Royals

    By Jack Dougherty,

    2 days ago

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    Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Kutter Crawford has been getting clobbered since the All-Star break.

    Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went over his hits + runs + RBIs prop on Tuesday night to cash our second straight Look of the Day. Let's keep the undefeated week rolling with our favorite MLB bet for Wednesday's loaded slate.

    Look of the Day: Kansas City Royals team total over 3.5 first 7 innings (+105 DraftKings )

    Red Sox at Royals, 8:10 p.m. ET

    The Royals are taking on the Boston Red Sox in an American League showdown on Wednesday night, and we're interested in fading Kutter Crawford in this one.

    Crawford has been getting demolished since the All-Star break. The Red Sox right-hander gave up six earned runs and five home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his first start since the break. He then gave up five earned runs and three homers against the New York Yankees a week later. In his first start in August, Crawford gave up five earned runs and four homers against the Texas Rangers.

    That's 16 earned runs and 12 dingers surrendered in his last 15.0 innings of work. Crawford now ranks in the sixth percentile in barrel rate (11.0 percent). He's leaving too many pitches up in the zone and giving up a ton of hard-hit balls, and that's bad news heading into this matchup against the Royals.

    Over the last week, Kansas City has the most home runs (nine), the third-highest batting average (.308), the fourth-highest OPS (.885) and the fourth-highest wRC+ (143) in MLB against right-handed pitching. They should jump on the struggling Crawford and clear this team total.

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