On Monday, August 21 at 9:40 PM ET, Samad Taylor and the Kansas City Royals will square off against starter Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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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 | -126 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (3-3) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander allowed six hits in seven scoreless innings pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 4.09, a 2.85 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.500 in 14 games this season.
- The Athletics average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.81 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.551 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- With 169 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has recorded a hit in eight games this season (20 games played, 40.0%), including one multi-hit game.
- In the 20 games in which he’s logged a plate appearance this season, he has no home runs.
- He has scored at least a run in six of 20 games played this season (30.0%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Taylor has picked up at least one RBI four times this season in 20 games played (20.0%). He does not, however, have multiple RBI in any of those games.
- In 75.0% of his 20 games this season, he has gone down on strikes (15 times). He’s also had five games with multiple Ks in 2023 (25.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 9 |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (33.3%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (22.2%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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