Max Kepler’s Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers, who will be sending Max Scherzer to the mound, match up at Target Field on Saturday, August 26. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Kepler
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +104 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -134 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -125 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- The Rangers’ Scherzer (12-5) will make his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed three hits in 3 2/3 innings pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign, the 39-year-old ranks 28th in ERA (3.77), 16th in WHIP (1.150), and 10th in K/9 (10.3).
- The Rangers average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Rangers have pitched to a 4.13 this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.239 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
- The Rangers have allowed 146 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 12th in MLB.
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Max Kepler Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2023 | Dane Dunning | 2-for-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/25/2023 | Austin Hedges | 2-for-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/24/2023 | Andrew Heaney | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Kepler Stats and Trends
- Kepler has collected a hit in 54 of 97 games this season, with multiple hits in 24 of them.
- Out of the 97 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s homered in 21 contests (21.6%), taking the pitcher deep in 5.7% of his plate appearances.
- In 39 of 97 contests this season (40.2%), he has scored, and 11 of those games (11.3%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 36.1% of his contests this season (35 of 97), Kepler has picked up at least one RBI. In 10 of those games (10.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- In 64 of 97 games this year (66.0%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 16 of those games (16.5%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | GP | 53 |
| 26 (59.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (52.8%) |
| 12 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (22.6%) |
| 18 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (39.6%) |
| 10 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (20.8%) |
| 19 (43.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (30.2%) |
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