On Wednesday, April 5 at 7:40 PM ET, Santiago Espinal and the Toronto Blue Jays will square off against starter Zack Greinke and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Espinal
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -114 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Greinke to the mound for his second start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, throwing zero scoreless innings of relief without allowing a hit.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 39-year-old’s 1.69 ERA ranks 32nd, 1.313 WHIP ranks 49th, and 6.8 K/9 ranks 44th.
- The Royals averaged the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.6) in the league last season.
- 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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Santiago Espinal Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/4/2023 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Espinal Stats and Trends
- Espinal had a hit in 82 of 136 games a season ago, with multiple hits in 32 of those games.
- He homered in 5.1% of his games in 2022 (seven of 136), including 1.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He scored in 45 of 136 games last year (33.1%), including six multi-run games (4.4%).
- Espinal drove in a run in 26.5% of his games last year (36 of 136), with two or more RBIs in 11 of those games (8.1%). He had three or more RBIs in four games.
- He struck out at least once in 55 of 136 games a year 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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