Josh Naylor and the Cleveland Guardians take on starter Ryan Yarbrough and the Kansas City Royals at 1:40 PM ET on Sunday, July 9 at Progressive Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Naylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -127 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -131 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Yarbrough (1-4) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his fourth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, May 7, when he threw 5 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run while allowing three hits against the Oakland Athletics.
- The 31-year-old has pitched to a 6.15 ERA this season with 4.8 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.4 walks per nine across 10 games.
- The Royals average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the league this season.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.31) in the majors this season.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.451 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have allowed 106 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 18th in MLB play.
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Josh Naylor Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/8/2023 | Brady Singer | 3-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/7/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2023 | Zack Greinke | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/28/2023 | Austin Cox | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/28/2023 | Matt Duffy | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 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 |
Naylor Stats and Trends
- Naylor has a hit in 64.1% of his games this year (50 of 78), and he posted multiple base hits in 28 of them (35.9%).
- Out of the 78 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s hit a long ball in 11 contests (14.1%), homering in 3.5% of his plate appearances.
- In 33.3% of his games this year (26 of 78), he has scored at least a run. In six of those games (7.7%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Naylor has notched at least one RBI 36 times this year in 78 games played (46.2%), including 16 times plating multiple runs (20.5%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in seven contests.
- In 50.0% of his contests this season (39 of 78), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In nine of those games (11.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | GP | 38 |
| 28 (70.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 22 (57.9%) |
| 16 (40.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (31.6%) |
| 14 (35.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (31.6%) |
| 7 (17.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (10.5%) |
| 20 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (42.1%) |
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