Kauffman Stadium is where Joshua Palacios and the Pittsburgh Pirates will challenge starter Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, August 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Palacios
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +100 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -131 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -127 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Ragans (5-4) for his eighth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he allowed two hits in six scoreless innings against the Oakland Athletics.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 23 games this season with an ERA of 3.81, a 2.96 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.288.
- The Royals have a 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.22) in the majors this season.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.421 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Royals have given up 171 home runs so far this season (the 24th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Joshua Palacios Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2023 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/18/2021 | Brady Singer | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/17/2021 | Ervin Santana | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/15/2021 | Jakob Junis | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Palacios Stats and Trends
- Palacios has reached base with a base hit 29 times this season in 62 games played (46.8%), including multiple knocks in 11.3% of them (seven times).
- He has hit a home run in 9.7% of his games in 2023 (six of 62), which amounts to 3.2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least once 16 times this season in 62 games played (25.8%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Palacios has tallied an RBI in 17 of 62 games this season, including multiple RBI in six of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 25 of 62 games this season, including multiple Ks in eight of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 28 |
| 19 (55.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 10 (35.7%) |
| 6 (17.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.6%) |
| 11 (32.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (17.9%) |
| 5 (14.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.6%) |
| 14 (41.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (10.7%) |
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