When the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals match up at on Saturday, July 15 at 7:10 PM ET, Taylor Walls will be back in the starting lineup (against starting pitcher Cole Ragans).
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Player Prop Odds for Walls
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -133 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -156 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Ragans will take to the mound for the Royals, his second start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Tuesday, June 13, when he threw 1 2/3 innings, giving up three earned runs while allowing two hits to the Los Angeles Angels.
- The Royals average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the league this season.
- The Royals have pitched to a 5.26 this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.446 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- With 106 homers allowed, the Royals rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Taylor Walls Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/25/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/24/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/23/2023 | Zack Greinke | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/22/2023 | Jose Cuas | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Kris Bubic | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Maximo Castillo | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Kris Bubic | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Walls Stats and Trends
- In 51.4% of his games this year (36-of-70), Walls has recorded a hit. In seven of those games (10%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- In six of 70 games this season, he has hit a long ball (8.6%). He’s gone deep in 2.7% of his trips to the dish.
- In 42.9% of his games this season (30 of 70), he has scored at least a run. In nine of those games (12.9%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Walls has driven in at least one run 19 times this season in 70 tries (27.1%), including plating more than one run in 5.7% of games (four times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- He has gone down on strikes in 43 of 70 games this season, including multiple Ks in 19 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | GP | 34 |
| 18 (50%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (52.9%) |
| 2 (5.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (14.7%) |
| 14 (38.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (47.1%) |
| 1 (2.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (14.7%) |
| 7 (19.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (35.3%) |
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