Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins meet starter Michael Wacha and the San Diego Padres at 7:40 PM ET on Tuesday, May 9 at Target Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -145 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- The Padres’ Wacha (2-1) will make his seventh start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in six innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in six games this season with an ERA of 5.46, a 2.89 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.404.
- The Padres have a 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.12 this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.295 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
- With 43 homers allowed, the Padres rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2022 | Sean Manaea | 3-for-6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/26/2022 | Joe Musgrove | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has a hit in 51.5% of his games this season (17 of 33), and he posted at least two hits in five of those contests (15.2%).
- He has hit a long ball in three of 33 games in 2023 (9.1%), which is 4.1% of his trips to the plate.
- In 10 of 33 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Taylor has notched at least one RBI in 18.2% of his games this year (six of 33), including two or more RBI in three of them (9.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out at least once in 69.7% of his games this season (23 of 33), striking out multiple times in 11 of those contests (33.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | GP | 18 |
| 8 (53.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (50.0%) |
| 4 (26.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (5.6%) |
| 7 (46.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (16.7%) |
| 2 (13.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (5.6%) |
| 5 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (5.6%) |
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