Byron Buxton and the Minnesota Twins will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, April 1, where they will play the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Jordan Lyles. The contest will start at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Buxton
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -127 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Lyles to the mound for his first start this season.
- The last time the 32-year-old pitched was on Thursday against the Minnesota Twins. The righty threw zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen in that matchup.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors last year, he ranked 40th in ERA (4.42), 43rd in WHIP (1.385), and 38th in K/9 (7.2).
- The Royals had a 7.6 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 25th in the majors.
- The Royals had the 27th-ranked ERA (4.72) in the majors last season.
- The Royals had a combined 1.472 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-highest in MLB.
- The Royals ranked 17th in long balls allowed last season with 173 home runs against them.
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Byron Buxton Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/2023 | Zack Greinke | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/16/2022 | Zack Greinke | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2022 | Kris Bubic | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2022 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/26/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/21/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/20/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/21/2022 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Buxton Stats and Trends
- In 53.8% of his 93 games last season, Buxton got a hit. He also had 22 multi-hit games in 2022.
- He homered in 24 of 93 games in 2022 (25.8%), including 7.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 44.1% of his 93 games last season, he touched home plate (41 times). He had 17 games with multiple runs in 2022 (18.3%).
- Buxton drove in a run in 32 games last year out of 93 (34.4%), including multiple RBIs in 14.0% of those games (13 times) and three or more RBIs on three occasions..
- In 75.3% of his games last year (70 of 93), he was set down on strikes at least once, and in 33 of those games (35.5%) he went down on strikes multiple times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | GP | 43 |
| 26 (52.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 24 (55.8%) |
| 12 (24.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (23.3%) |
| 19 (38.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (51.2%) |
| 11 (22.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (30.2%) |
| 15 (30.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (39.5%) |
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