At 6:40 PM ET on Thursday, June 22, Dairon Blanco and the Kansas City Royals will take the field against the Tampa Bay Rays and starting pitcher Shane McClanahan at Tropicana Field, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Blanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +101 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -127 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Tampa Bay Rays
- The Rays will hand the ball to McClanahan (11-1) for his 16th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up one earned run and allowed three hits in 6 2/3 innings pitched against the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 26-year-old ranks first in ERA (2.12), 18th in WHIP (1.097), and 18th in K/9 (9.8).
- The Rays strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- The Rays have pitched to a 3.54 this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.196 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- With just 75 homers allowed, the Rays rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Blanco Stats and Trends
- Blanco has collected a hit in five games this season (seven games played, 71.4%), including one multi-hit game.
- In the seven games he’s appeared in this season, he has no home runs.
- In seven games this season, he hasn’t scored a run.
- Blanco has knocked in a run twice this year in seven tries, but he did not plate multiple runs in either of those games.
- He has gone down on strikes in 85.7% of his seven games this year, while fanning more than once in 42.9% of them (three).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | GP | 2 |
| 3 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 2 (100.0%) |
| 1 (20.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (50.0%) |
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