Wrigley Field is where Samad Taylor and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, August 19 at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -141 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs’ Steele (13-3) will make his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up three earned runs in five innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 28-year-old’s 3.21 ERA ranks eighth, 1.190 WHIP ranks 26th, and 8.6 K/9 ranks 32nd among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Cubs strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- The Cubs have the 17th-ranked ERA (4.29) in the majors this season.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.283 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
- The Cubs have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 136, or 1.1 per game.
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Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has recorded a base knock in eight of 19 contests this season, with multiple hits on one occasion.
- He has not yet homered this season in 19 games.
- He has scored at least one run in six of 19 games played this season (31.6%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Taylor has recorded an RBI in four of 19 games this season.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 14 times this year in 19 games (73.7%), including four games with more than one strikeout (21.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 8 |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (37.5%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (25.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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