Michael A. Taylor’s Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Guardians, who will be sending Peyton Battenfield to the hill, match up at Progressive Field on Friday, May 5. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -147 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians will hand the ball to Battenfield (0-2) for his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, throwing two innings of relief while giving up three earned runs and allowing three hits.
- The 25-year-old has pitched to a 4.67 ERA this season with 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 5.7 walks per nine across four games.
- The Guardians strike out just 7.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, worst in MLB.
- The Guardians have the 12th-ranked ERA (3.98) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.288 WHIP this season.
- With just 31 homers allowed, the Guardians rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/3/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Shane Bieber | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Aaron Civale | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/6/2022 | Shane Bieber | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/5/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Triston McKenzie | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Aaron Civale | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/11/2022 | Aaron Civale | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/10/2022 | Cal Quantrill | 2-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/9/2022 | Zach Plesac | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has recorded a hit in 16 out of 30 games this season (53.3%), with multiple base hits in five of those games (16.7%).
- He has hit a home run in 10.0% of his games in 2023 (three of 30), which amounts to 4.2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 10 times this year in 30 games played (33.3%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In 20.0% of his 30 games this season, Taylor has driven in a run (six times). Also, he’s notched three games with multiple RBI in 2023 (10.0%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 23 of 30 games this year (76.7%), while fanning multiple times in 11 of those contests (36.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | GP | 15 |
| 8 (53.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (53.3%) |
| 4 (26.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (6.7%) |
| 7 (46.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (20.0%) |
| 2 (13.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (6.7%) |
| 5 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (6.7%) |
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