On Wednesday, June 21 at 7:40 PM ET, Michael A. Taylor and the Minnesota Twins will take on starter Garrett Whitlock and the Boston Red Sox at Target Field, airing on BSN.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox’s Whitlock (4-2) will make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw seven innings against the Colorado Rockies, giving up two earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 27-year-old has pitched to a 4.38 ERA this season with 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.6 walks per nine across seven games.
- The Red Sox average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- The Red Sox have the 18th-ranked ERA (4.40) in the majors this season.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.294 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have allowed 90 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 21st in MLB.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/19/2023 | Corey Kluber | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/18/2023 | Chris Sale | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Rich Hill | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/5/2022 | Josh Winckowski | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/4/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/30/2021 | Martín Pérez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2021 | Nick Pivetta | 3-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has recorded a hit in 53.2% of his 62 games this year, with at least two hits in 11.3% of those contests (seven).
- He has homered in 14.5% of his games this season (62 contests), going yard in 5% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run in 32.3% of his contests this year (20 of 62), with more than one run scored in three of those contests (4.8%).
- Taylor has plated at least one run 15 times this year in 62 games played (24.2%), including five games with more than one RBI (8.1%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 74.2% of his contests this season (46 of 62), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In 18 of those games (29.0%), he registered more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 28 |
| 16 (47.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (60.7%) |
| 6 (17.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.6%) |
| 11 (32.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (32.1%) |
| 6 (17.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (10.7%) |
| 10 (29.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (17.9%) |
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