Minute Maid Park is where Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will go up against starter Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros on Saturday, October 7 at 4:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Verlander (13-8) will make his 28th start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in five innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 40-year-old’s 3.22 ERA ranks eighth, 1.133 WHIP ranks 14th, and 8 K/9 ranks 34th.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- The Astros have the eighth-best ERA (3.94) in the majors this season.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.283 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- With 201 homers allowed, the Astros rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/31/2023 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | J.P. France | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/9/2023 | Hunter Brown | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/8/2023 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/7/2023 | Jose Urquidy | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2022 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/5/2022 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 7/4/2022 | Jake Odorizzi | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/5/2022 | Framber Valdez | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has a hit in 51.2% of his games this year (62 of 121), and he posted more than one hit in 15 of them (12.4%).
- He has hit a home run in 15.7% of his games in 2023 (19 of 121), which amounts to 5.5% of his trips to the dish.
- He has touched home plate in 38 of 121 games this year, including multiple runs scored in seven of them.
- Taylor has tallied at least one RBI 33 times this year in 121 games played (27.3%), including 15 games with more than one RBI (12.4%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 76.9% of his contests this season (93 of 121), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In 34 of those games (28.1%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | GP | 57 |
| 33 (51.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (50.9%) |
| 11 (17.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (7.0%) |
| 20 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (31.6%) |
| 12 (18.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (12.3%) |
| 22 (34.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (19.3%) |
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