Globe Life Field is where Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Jordan Montgomery and the Texas Rangers on Saturday, September 2 at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers
- Montgomery (8-10) will take to the mound for the Rangers and make his 27th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed four hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Minnesota Twins.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 3.19 ERA ranks seventh, 1.195 WHIP ranks 23rd, and 8.2 K/9 ranks 33rd.
- The Rangers average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- The Rangers have pitched to a 4.09 this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- The Rangers have a combined 1.235 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Rangers have allowed 157 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 12th in MLB.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/27/2023 | Jordan Montgomery | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/24/2023 | Andrew Heaney | 2-for-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2022 | Dane Dunning | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/28/2022 | Jon Gray | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/27/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 5/12/2022 | Taylor Hearn | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2022 | Matt Bush | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/10/2022 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2021 | Kyle Gibson | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/25/2021 | Dane Dunning | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- In 53.2% of his games this year (58-of-109), Taylor has posted a hit. In 14 of those games (12.8%), he’s recorded at least two hits.
- In 16.5% of his games this season, he has homered (18 of 109). He’s gone deep in 5.7% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- In 32.1% of his games this season (35 of 109), he has touched home plate at least one time. In six of those games (5.5%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Taylor has plated a run in 30 of 109 games this season, including multiple RBI in 12 of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 75.2% of his games this year (82 of 109), striking out multiple times in 29 of those contests (26.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | GP | 52 |
| 31 (54.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (51.9%) |
| 11 (19.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (5.8%) |
| 20 (35.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (28.8%) |
| 12 (21.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (11.5%) |
| 21 (36.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (17.3%) |
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