Kauffman Stadium is where Andrew Velazquez and the Los Angeles Angels will take on starter Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals on Friday, June 16 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Velazquez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -137 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will hand the ball to Singer (4-5) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed six hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
- The 26-year-old has pitched to a 6.58 ERA this season with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.6 walks per nine across 13 games.
- The Royals struck out 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- The Royals had the 27th-ranked ERA (4.72) in the majors last season.
- The Royals had a combined 1.472 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-highest in MLB.
- The Royals ranked 17th in long balls allowed last season with 173 home runs against them.
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Andrew Velazquez Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/27/2022 | Brad Keller | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Angel Zerpa | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/25/2022 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/22/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/21/2022 | Jon Heasley | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2022 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 8/11/2021 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/10/2021 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2021 | Carlos Hernandez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Velazquez Stats and Trends
- Velazquez reached base via a hit in 54 of 112 games last season (48.2%), including multiple hits in 7.1% of those games (eight of them).
- He hit a long ball in nine of 112 games in 2022 (8.0%), including 2.6% of his trips to the plate.
- In 32 of 112 games last year (28.6%) he scored a run, and in four of those games (3.6%) he scored two or more runs.
- Velazquez drove in a run in 21.4% of his games last season (24 of 112), with two or more RBIs in three of those games (2.7%). He had three or more RBIs in one game.
- He went down on strikes one or more times 78 times last season in 112 games (69.6%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 28.6% of those games (32 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | GP | 60 |
| 24 (46.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 30 (50.0%) |
| 4 (7.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (6.7%) |
| 15 (28.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (28.3%) |
| 4 (7.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.3%) |
| 12 (23.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (20.0%) |
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