At 1:10 PM ET on Thursday, September 28, Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will take the field against the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher Luis Medina at Target Field, airing on BSN.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send Medina (3-10) to the mound for his 17th start this season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings pitched against the Detroit Tigers on Friday.
- The 24-year-old has pitched to a 5.64 ERA this season with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.7 walks per nine across 22 games.
- The Athletics have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.54 this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.528 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 208 home runs allowed.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/16/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/15/2023 | Austin Pruitt | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/15/2023 | Hogan Harris | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/14/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2022 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2022 | Jared Koenig | 3-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2022 | Cole Irvin | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2022 | Jared Koenig | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/18/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has collected a hit in 51.7% of his 116 games this season, with at least two hits in 12.1% of those games (14).
- Out of the 116 games he has appeared in this season, he’s hit a long ball in 18 contests (15.5%), leaving the ballpark in 5.4% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 36 times this year in 116 contests (31.0%), including scoring multiple runs in 5.2% of games (six times).
- In 27.6% of his 116 games this season, Taylor has driven in a run (32 times). Also, he’s notched 14 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (12.1%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 75.9% of his games this season (88 of 116), striking out multiple times in 31 of those games (26.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 55 |
| 32 (52.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (50.9%) |
| 11 (18.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (5.5%) |
| 20 (32.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (29.1%) |
| 12 (19.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (10.9%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (18.2%) |
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