Max Kepler and the Minnesota Twins will hit the field at Target Field on Thursday, August 24, where they will face off against the Texas Rangers and starting pitcher Andrew Heaney. The game will start at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Kepler
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -133 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- The Rangers will hand the ball to Heaney (9-6) for his 25th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up three earned runs in 3 2/3 innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- The 32-year-old has pitched in 24 games this season with an ERA of 4.27, a 2.54 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.339.
- The Rangers average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- The Rangers have the 12th-ranked ERA (4.02) in the majors this season.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.227 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
- The Rangers have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 138, or 1.1 per game.
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Max Kepler Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2022 | Cole Ragans | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2022 | Kohei Arihara | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Glenn Otto | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/10/2022 | Dane Dunning | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Jon Gray | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2021 | Dane Dunning | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/19/2021 | Kolby Allard | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 6/18/2021 | Mike Foltynewicz | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Kepler Stats and Trends
- Kepler has collected a hit in 53 of 95 games this year, with multiple hits in 23 of them.
- Out of the 95 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s hit a long ball in 20 contests (21.1%), homering in 5.6% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored in 38 of 95 games this year, including multiple runs scored in 10 of them.
- Kepler has driven in a run in 35.8% of his 95 games this year, with two or more RBI in 10.5% of those contests (10). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has fanned 63 times this year in 95 tries (66.3%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 16.8% of games (16 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 53 |
| 25 (59.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (52.8%) |
| 11 (26.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (22.6%) |
| 17 (40.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (39.6%) |
| 9 (21.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (20.8%) |
| 18 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (30.2%) |
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