Max Kepler’s Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Brad Keller to the hill, go head to head at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, April 2. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Kepler
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -133 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -128 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Keller will make his first start of the season for the Royals.
- The last time the 27-year-old pitched was on Thursday against the Minnesota Twins. The righty threw zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen in that matchup.
- He finished last season with a 5.09 ERA and a 1.504 WHIP while earning a 6-14 record.
- The Royals struck out 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- 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.
- With 173 homers allowed, the Royals ranked 17th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Max Kepler Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 3/30/2023 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 8/16/2022 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2022 | Kris Bubic | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Brady Singer | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/27/2022 | Brad Keller | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/26/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2022 | Brady Singer | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/21/2022 | Brad Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
Kepler Stats and Trends
- Kepler got a hit in 49.6% of his 115 games last season, with multiple hits in 22.6% of those contests.
- He hit a home run in 7.0% of his games last season (115 in all), going deep in 2% of his trips to home plate.
- In 37.4% of his 115 games last season, he touched home plate (43 times). He had 11 games with multiple runs in 2022 (9.6%).
- Kepler drove in a run in 29 games last season out of 115 (25.2%), including multiple RBIs in 7.8% of those games (nine times) and three or more RBIs on four occasions..
- He struck out one or more times 52 times last season in 115 games (45.2%), including 13 multi-strikeout games (11.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | GP | 51 |
| 30 (46.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 27 (52.9%) |
| 14 (21.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (23.5%) |
| 24 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (37.3%) |
| 5 (7.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (5.9%) |
| 14 (21.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (29.4%) |
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