The upcoming game between Andrew Velazquez’s Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals (with Zack Greinke getting the start) is scheduled for Sunday, June 18 at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Velazquez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -109 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals will send Greinke (1-6) to the mound for his 15th start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
- The 39-year-old’s 4.65 ERA ranks 57th, 1.116 WHIP ranks 26th, and 6.8 K/9 ranks 57th among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Royals averaged the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.6) in the league last season.
- 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.
- With 173 homers allowed, the Royals ranked 17th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Andrew Velazquez Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/17/2023 | Mike Mayers | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 |
| 6/16/2023 | Brady Singer | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 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 |
Velazquez Stats and Trends
- In 48.2% of his 112 games last season, Velazquez got a hit. He also had eight multi-hit games in 2022.
- He hit a home run in nine of 112 games in 2022 (8.0%), including 2.6% of his trips to the dish.
- He scored in 28.6% of his games last year (32 of 112), with two or more runs on four occasions (3.6%).
- In 24 of 112 games last season (21.4%), Velazquez drove in a run, and three of those games (2.7%) included more than one RBI. He had three or more RBIs in one contest.
- He was set down on strikes at least once in 78 of 112 games a season ago (69.6%), with multiple strikeouts in 32 of those games (28.6%).
| 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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