Josh Naylor’s Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals, who will be sending Austin Cox to the hill, go head to head at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, June 28. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Naylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -128 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -132 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Cox gets the nod for the Royals and will make his first start of the season.
- The 26-year-old lefty has pitched in relief six times already this season, but will make his first start.
- He has pitched in six games this season with an ERA of .00, a batting average against of .051 and 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.16) in the majors this season.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.414 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
- With 91 homers allowed, the Royals rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Josh Naylor Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/27/2023 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/5/2022 | Jon Heasley | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Maximo Castillo | 2-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Kris Bubic | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/7/2022 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/5/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Jon Heasley | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/1/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Naylor Stats and Trends
- In 61.4% of his 70 games this season, Naylor has notched a base hit (43 times). He’s also collected 22 multi-hit games in 2023 (31.4%).
- He has hit a long ball in 14.3% of his games this season (70 contests), going yard in 3.6% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 20 of 70 games this season (28.6%), which includes two or more runs scored in six of them (8.6%).
- Naylor has notched an RBI in 31 of 70 games this year, including multiple RBI in 14 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in seven contests.
- He has struck out in 35 of 70 games this year, including multiple Ks in eight of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | GP | 34 |
| 25 (69.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (52.9%) |
| 13 (36.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (26.5%) |
| 12 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (23.5%) |
| 6 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (11.8%) |
| 17 (47.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 14 (41.2%) |
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