Wander Franco’s Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Jordan Lyles to the hill, face off at Tropicana Field on Saturday, June 24. The first pitch will be thrown at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Franco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -120 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -117 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Lyles (0-11) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his 16th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed six innings while giving up three earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Detroit Tigers.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 32-year-old ranks 65th in ERA (6.51), 42nd in WHIP (1.272), and 62nd in K/9 (6.5).
- The Royals strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 20th in MLB.
- The Royals have pitched to a 5.24 this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.426 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have given up 89 home runs so far this season (the 19th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Franco Stats and Trends
- Franco has picked up a hit in 50 of 72 games this year, with multiple hits in 24 of them.
- He has hit a home run in eight of 72 games in 2023 (11.1%), which is 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- In 41.7% of his games this season (30 of 72), he has scored at least one run. In 10 of those games (13.9%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- Franco has tallied at least one RBI 23 times this year in 72 games played (31.9%), including eight times driving in multiple runs (11.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has fanned 31 times this year in 72 tries (43.1%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 13.9% of games (10 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | GP | 32 |
| 29 (72.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (65.6%) |
| 13 (32.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (34.4%) |
| 21 (52.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (28.1%) |
| 5 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (9.4%) |
| 16 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (21.9%) |
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