Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays will take the field at Tropicana Field on Thursday, June 22, where they will play the Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Jose Cuas. The contest will begin at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Walls
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -134 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Cuas will get the start for the Royals, his third of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance came in relief on Monday when he threw one scoreless inning out of the bullpen against the Detroit Tigers without allowing a hit.
- The Royals average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.15) in the majors this season.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.414 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have given up 87 home runs so far this season (the 19th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Taylor Walls Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/20/2022 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Maximo Castillo | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Kris Bubic | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/27/2021 | Brady Singer | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/26/2021 | Mike Minor | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/25/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Walls Stats and Trends
- In 51.7% of his 58 games this season, Walls has notched a base hit (30 times). He’s also registered five multi-hit games in 2023 (8.6%).
- He has hit a long ball in six of 58 games in 2023 (10.3%), which is 3.2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run 27 times this year in 58 games played (46.6%), including seven games with more than one run (12.1%).
- Walls has notched at least one RBI 16 times this season in 58 tries (27.6%), including plating more than one run in 5.2% of games (three times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- He has fanned 36 times this year in 58 games played (62.1%), including 16 times punching out multiple times (27.6%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | GP | 31 |
| 13 (48.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 17 (54.8%) |
| 1 (3.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (12.9%) |
| 12 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (48.4%) |
| 1 (3.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (16.1%) |
| 5 (18.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (35.5%) |
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