Juan Soto: MLB Player Prop Bets for Padres Vs Royals – May 16, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 16, 2023

At 9:40 PM ET on Tuesday, May 16, Juan Soto and the San Diego Padres will suit up against the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Brady Singer at PETCO Park, airing on BSSD.

Looking to place a bet on Soto ahead of his matchup on Tuesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Soto

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -147
Runs 0.5 -118
RBI 0.5 -113
Strikeouts 0.5 -129

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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals

  • The Royals will hand the ball to Singer (2-4) for his ninth start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last appearance was on Thursday, when he threw six innings against the Chicago White Sox, giving up one earned run while allowing five hits.
  • The 26-year-old has pitched in eight games this season with a 7.71 ERA, 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .294.
  • The Royals strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
  • Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.37 this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
  • The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.444 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
  • The Royals have allowed the fourth-most home runs this season with 57, or 1.3 per game.

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Juan Soto Stats vs. the Royals

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
5/15/2023 Brad Keller 0-for-2 0 0 0 0 0/2 0
8/28/2022 Jon Heasley 1-for-4 1 1 2 2 1/1 0
8/27/2022 Daniel Lynch 2-for-4 0 0 0 1 0/0 0

Soto Stats and Trends

  • Soto has reached base with a base hit 23 times this season in 42 games played (54.8%), including multiple knocks in 28.6% of them (12 times).
  • He has homered in seven games this season, going deep in 3.8% of his trips to home plate.
  • He has scored in 18 of 42 games this year, including multiple runs scored in three of them.
  • In 33.3% of his 42 games this season, Soto has notched an RBI (14 times). Also, he’s put up five games with multiple RBI in 2023 (11.9%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
  • In 28 of 42 games this season (66.7%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 10 of those games (23.8%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
Home Away
22 GP 20
12 (54.5%) Games w/1+ Hit 11 (55.0%)
5 (22.7%) Games w/2+ Hits 7 (35.0%)
7 (31.8%) Games w/1+ Run 11 (55.0%)
3 (13.6%) Games w/1+ HR 4 (20.0%)
9 (40.9%) Games w/1+ RBI 5 (25.0%)

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