Michael A. Taylor’s Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Guardians, who will be sending Gavin Williams to the hill, match up at Target Field on Tuesday, August 29. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians will hand the ball to Williams (1-5) for his 13th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Thursday, when he threw 4 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up five earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 24-year-old has pitched in 12 games this season with a 3.52 ERA, 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .230.
- The Guardians average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the league.
- The Guardians have the sixth-best ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.291 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- With just 140 homers allowed, the Guardians rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2023 | Xzavion Curry | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 6/4/2023 | Triston McKenzie | 3-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2 |
| 6/3/2023 | Logan Allen | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/2/2023 | Aaron Civale | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/1/2023 | Tanner Bibee | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2023 | Logan Allen | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 10/3/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Shane Bieber | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Aaron Civale | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/6/2022 | Shane Bieber | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has recorded a hit 57 times this season in 107 games played (53.3%), with 13 multi-hit efforts (12.1%).
- He has homered in 15.9% of his games in 2023 (17 of 107), which amounts to 5.5% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored a run in 31.8% of his 107 games this year. That includes more than one run scored in 5.6% of them (six).
- In 27.1% of his contests this year (29 of 107), Taylor has notched at least one RBI. In 12 of those games (11.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- He has struck out one or more times 81 times this season in 107 games (75.7%), including 29 games with more than one strikeout (27.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 52 |
| 30 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (51.9%) |
| 10 (18.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (5.8%) |
| 19 (34.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (28.8%) |
| 11 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (11.5%) |
| 20 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (17.3%) |
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