Edward Olivares and the Kansas City Royals will take the field at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, April 1, where they will face off against the Minnesota Twins and starting pitcher Sonny Gray. The game will begin at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Olivares
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -152 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -134 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- The Twins will send out Gray for his first start of the season.
- The last time the 33-year-old pitched was on Thursday against the Kansas City Royals. The righty threw zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen in that matchup.
- Last season, he posted a 3.08 ERA with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings and a record of 8-5.
- The Twins averaged the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league last season.
- Twins pitchers had a combined ERA of 3.99 last year, which ranked 19th in MLB.
- The Twins ranked 13th in MLB with a combined 1.248 WHIP last season.
- With 184 homers allowed, the Twins ranked 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
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Edward Olivares Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/22/2022 | Josh Winder | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/21/2022 | Bailey Ober | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/20/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/12/2021 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/11/2021 | Michael Pineda | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/10/2021 | Griffin Jax | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/3/2021 | Griffin Jax | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/2/2021 | J.A. Happ | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/6/2021 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Olivares Stats and Trends
- Olivares reached base via a hit in 31 of 53 games last season (58.5%), including multiple hits in 20.8% of those games (11 of them).
- He homered in 5.7% of his games in 2022 (three of 53), including 2.3% of his trips to the plate.
- In 19 of 53 games last season (35.8%) he touched home plate, and in four of those games (7.5%) he scored more than once.
- Olivares drove in a run in 13 of 53 games last season (24.5%), including two games with multiple RBIs.
- In 26 of 53 games a year ago (49.1%), he went down on strikes one or more times, and in seven of those games (13.2%) he struck out two or more times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | GP | 27 |
| 14 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (63.0%) |
| 5 (19.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (22.2%) |
| 8 (30.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (40.7%) |
| 2 (7.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.7%) |
| 8 (30.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (18.5%) |
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