Santiago Espinal and the Toronto Blue Jays will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium on Monday, April 3, where they will face off against the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Brady Singer. The matchup will begin at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Espinal
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -116 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send out Singer for his first start of the season.
- The last time the righty took the mound was on Sunday last season, when he pitched zero scoreless innings in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- Last season, he posted a 3.23 ERA with 150 strikeouts and 35 walks in 153 1/3 innings, finishing with a record of 10-5.
- The Royals averaged the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.6) in the league last season.
- The Royals had the 27th-ranked ERA (4.72) in the majors last season.
- The Royals had a combined WHIP of 1.472 as a pitching staff, which was first-worst in baseball last season.
- The Royals ranked 17th in home runs allowed last season with 173, or 1.1 per game.
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Santiago Espinal Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/17/2022 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/16/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/14/2022 | Angel Zerpa | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/7/2022 | Brad Keller | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/6/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/31/2021 | Mike Minor | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2021 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/17/2021 | Ervin Santana | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Espinal Stats and Trends
- In 82 of 136 games last year (60.3%) Espinal had at least one hit, and in 32 of those contests (23.5%) he picked up more than one.
- He homered in 5.1% of his games last year (seven of 136), and 1.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He scored a run in 45 of 136 games last year (33.1%), including six multi-run games (4.4%).
- Espinal picked up an RBI in 36 of 136 games last year, with multiple RBIs in 11 of them. He drove in three or more runs in four games.
- He struck out at least once in 55 of 136 games a season ago (40.4%), with multiple strikeouts in 13 of those games (9.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 68 | GP | 68 |
| 44 (64.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 38 (55.9%) |
| 19 (27.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (19.1%) |
| 21 (30.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (35.3%) |
| 3 (4.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (5.9%) |
| 16 (23.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 20 (29.4%) |
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