Kauffman Stadium is where Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Brad Keller and the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, April 2 at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Keller gets the nod for the Royals and will make his first start of the season.
- The last time the 27-year-old righty pitched was on Saturday, throwing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen against the Minnesota Twins.
- Last season, he posted a 5.09 ERA with 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a record of 6-14.
- The Royals had a 7.6 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 25th in the majors.
- Royals pitchers had a combined ERA of 4.72 last year, which ranked 27th in MLB.
- 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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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 3/30/2023 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor got a hit in 56.0% of his 125 games last season, with more than one hit in 24.8% of them.
- In nine of 125 games last year, he hit a long ball (7.2%). He went deep in 2% of his trips to the dish in 2022.
- He scored a run in 45 of 125 games last year (36.0%), including four multi-run games (3.2%).
- Taylor picked up an RBI in 24.0% of his games last season (30 of 125), with more than one RBI in eight of those games (6.4%). He had three or more RBIs in four games.
- In 63.2% of his games last season (79 of 125), he was set down on strikes at least once, and in 25 of those games (20.0%) he went down on strikes multiple times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 66 | GP | 59 |
| 41 (62.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (49.2%) |
| 17 (25.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (23.7%) |
| 24 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (35.6%) |
| 6 (9.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (5.1%) |
| 19 (28.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (18.6%) |
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