On Tuesday, October 3 at 4:38 PM ET, Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will match up with starter Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays at Target Field, airing on ESPN.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -146 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Gausman (12-9) will take to the mound for the Blue Jays and make his 32nd start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday, when he allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings against the New York Yankees.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 32-year-old’s 3.16 ERA ranks sixth, 1.178 WHIP ranks 19th, and 11.5 K/9 ranks third.
- The Blue Jays average 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the league.
- The Blue Jays have pitched to a 3.83 this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have a combined 1.252 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have allowed 198 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 18th in MLB.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/2023 | Kevin Gausman | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 6/10/2023 | Trevor Richards | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/9/2023 | Yusei Kikuchi | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/27/2023 | Chris Bassitt | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/26/2023 | Kevin Gausman | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2022 | Yusei Kikuchi | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/6/2022 | Ross Stripling | 2-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/1/2021 | José Berríos | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2021 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2021 | Ross Stripling | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- In 51.3% of his 119 games this season, Taylor has notched a base hit (61 times). He’s also registered 15 multi-hit games in 2023 (12.6%).
- He has homered in 19 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 5.5% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least one run 38 times this year in 119 contests (31.9%), including scoring multiple runs in 5.9% of games (seven times).
- In 33 of 119 games this year (27.7%), Taylor has notched an RBI, and in 15 of those games (12.6%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 91 of 119 games this year (76.5%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 32 of those games (26.9%) included an effort that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | GP | 57 |
| 32 (51.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (50.9%) |
| 11 (17.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (7.0%) |
| 20 (32.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (31.6%) |
| 12 (19.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (12.3%) |
| 22 (35.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (19.3%) |
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