Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, who will be sending Gerrit Cole to the hill, go head to head at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, July 22. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +110 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- The Yankees’ Cole (9-2) will make his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in six innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Colorado Rockies.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 32-year-old ranks fourth in ERA (2.78), 13th in WHIP (1.089), and 15th in K/9 (9.8).
- The Yankees have a 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- The Yankees have the eighth-best ERA (3.89) in the majors this season.
- The Yankees have a combined 1.253 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The Yankees have given up 114 home runs so far this season (the 16th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Maikel Garcia Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/2023 | Clarke Schmidt | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2022 | Jordan Montgomery | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2022 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/29/2022 | Gerrit Cole | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/28/2022 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Garcia Stats and Trends
- Garcia has tallied a hit 41 times this year in 65 games played (63.1%), with 18 multi-hit efforts (27.7%).
- He has homered in 4.6% of his games this season (65 contests), going yard in 1.1% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run in 23 of 65 games this year (35.4%), which includes more than one run scored in four of those contests (6.2%).
- Garcia has produced at least one run in 32.3% of his games this year (21 of 65), including more than one RBI in four of those contests (6.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 39 of 65 games this year (60.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 16 of those games (24.6%) included an effort that resulted in two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | GP | 29 |
| 23 (63.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (62.1%) |
| 11 (30.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (24.1%) |
| 14 (38.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 9 (31.0%) |
| 1 (2.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (6.9%) |
| 14 (38.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (24.1%) |
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