The upcoming game between Samad Taylor’s Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics (with Dany Jimenez getting the start) is scheduled for Tuesday, August 22 at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -141 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send Jimenez to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 29-year-old righty will start for the first time this season after coming out of the bullpen nine times.
- He has pitched to a 6.75 ERA this season with 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 7.9 walks per nine across nine games.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.80 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.546 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 170, or 1.4 per game.
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Samad Taylor Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- In nine of 21 games this year Taylor has recorded a hit, with one multi-hit contest.
- He has not yet homered this season in 21 games.
- He has scored at least a run in six of 21 games played this season (28.6%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Taylor has produced at least one run four times this season in 21 games played (19%). He does not, however, have multiple RBI in any of those games.
- He has fanned 15 times this season in 21 tries (71.4%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 23.8% of games (five times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 10 |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 4 (40%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (20%) |
| 0 (0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0%) |
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