Samad Taylor returns to the lineup when the Kansas City Royals square off against the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher James Paxton at Fenway Park on Thursday, August 10. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -129 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -127 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Paxton (6-3) will take to the mound for the Red Sox and make his 15th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed five innings while giving up four earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.60, a 3.82 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.147 in 14 games this season.
- The Red Sox average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.39 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.323 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- With 148 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has picked up a hit in eight games this season (16 games played, 50.0%), including one multi-hit game.
- In the 16 games he’s appeared in this season, he has no home runs.
- He has scored at least a run in five of 16 games played this season (31.3%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Taylor has driven in at least one run four times this year in 16 games played (25.0%). He does not, however, have multiple RBI in any of those games.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 11 times this year in 16 games (68.8%), including three games with more than one strikeout (18.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP | 7 |
| 5 (55.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (42.9%) |
| 1 (11.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (28.6%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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