Yandy Diaz’s Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Zack Greinke to the mound, square off at Tropicana Field on Friday, June 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Diaz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -123 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- The Royals’ Greinke (1-7) will make his 16th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed eight hits in five innings against the Los Angeles Angels.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 39-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (4.81), 29th in WHIP (1.161), and 57th in K/9 (6.8).
- 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.
- With 88 homers allowed, the Royals rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Yandy Díaz Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/22/2023 | Jose Cuas | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Kris Bubic | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Brady Singer | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Maximo Castillo | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Kris Bubic | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Brady Singer | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/22/2022 | Brad Keller | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 5/26/2021 | Mike Minor | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 5/25/2021 | Brad Keller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/21/2021 | Jakob Junis | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
Diaz Stats and Trends
- Diaz has recorded a hit in 70.3% of his 64 games this season, with more than one hit in 35.9% of those games (23).
- Out of the 64 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in 12 contests (18.8%), homering in 4.2% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate in 54.7% of his 64 games this year. That includes more than one run scored in 17.2% of those contests (11).
- Diaz has tallied at least one RBI 24 times this season in 64 games played (37.5%), including eight games with more than one RBI (12.5%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 35 out of 64 games this year (54.7%), while fanning multiple times in nine of those contests (14.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 30 |
| 24 (70.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (70.0%) |
| 13 (38.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (33.3%) |
| 19 (55.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (53.3%) |
| 7 (20.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (16.7%) |
| 14 (41.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (33.3%) |
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