On Wednesday, May 10 at 7:40 PM ET, Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will square off against starter Seth Lugo and the San Diego Padres at Target Field, airing on BSN.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- The Padres will send Lugo (3-2) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Wednesday, May 3, when he tossed six innings while giving up one earned run on seven hits in a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
- The 33-year-old has pitched to a 3.21 ERA this season with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.1 walks per nine across six games.
- The Padres average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Padres have pitched to a 4.04 this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
- The Padres rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.293 WHIP this season.
- The Padres have given up 43 home runs so far this season (the 15th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/9/2023 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 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 reached base with a base hit 18 times this year in 34 games played (52.9%), including multiple knocks in 14.7% of them (five times).
- In three of 34 games this season, he has gone yard (8.8%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 4% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run 10 times this season in 34 games played (29.4%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Taylor has notched at least one RBI in 17.6% of his games this year (six of 34), including two or more RBI in three of them (8.8%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 67.6% of his contests this year (23 of 34), he has struck out one or more times. In 11 of those games (32.4%), he registered two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 18 |
| 9 (56.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (50.0%) |
| 4 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (5.6%) |
| 7 (43.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (16.7%) |
| 2 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (5.6%) |
| 5 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (5.6%) |
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