Kauffman Stadium is where Santiago Espinal and the Toronto Blue Jays will face off against starter Kris Bubic and the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Espinal
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -115 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Bubic to the mound for his first start this season.
- The last time the 25-year-old lefty pitched was on Sunday, throwing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen against the Minnesota Twins.
- He finished last season with a 5.58 ERA and a 1.698 WHIP in 28 games, finishing with a 3-13 record.
- 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 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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Santiago Espinal Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3/2023 | Brady Singer | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Espinal Stats and Trends
- Espinal had a hit in 82 of 136 games a year ago, with multiple hits in 32 of those games.
- In seven of 136 games last year, he homered (5.1%). He went deep in 1.4% of his trips to the dish in 2022.
- He scored in 33.1% of his games last season (45 of 136), with two or more runs on six occasions (4.4%).
- In 26.5% of his games a season ago (36 of 136), Espinal drove home a run. In 11 of those games (8.1%) he recorded more than one RBI, and he had three or more in four contests.
- He struck out one or more times 55 times last season in 136 games (40.4%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 9.6% of those games (13 times).
| 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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