Michael A. Taylor’s Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Zack Greinke to the mound, square off at Target Field on Thursday, April 27. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -146 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Greinke (0-3) will take the mound for the Royals, his sixth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs in five innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Los Angeles Angels.
- The 39-year-old ranks 63rd in ERA (4.61), 48th in WHIP (1.244), and 78th in K/9 (6.3) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Royals strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 20th in MLB.
- The Royals have pitched to a 5.22 this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.406 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have given up 34 home runs so far this season (the 24th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/2/2023 | Brad Keller | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 has a hit in 52.0% of his games this year (13 of 25), and he posted at least two hits in five of them (20.0%).
- He has hit a long ball in 12.0% of his games in 2023 (three of 25), which amounts to 4.9% of his trips to the dish.
- In eight of 25 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Taylor has driven in at least one run in four of 25 games played this season (16.0%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- He has gone down on strikes in 72.0% of his 25 games this year, while fanning more than once in 36.0% of those games (nine).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | GP | 13 |
| 5 (41.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (61.5%) |
| 4 (33.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (7.7%) |
| 5 (41.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (23.1%) |
| 2 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.7%) |
| 3 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (7.7%) |
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