Michael A. Taylor’s Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, who will be sending Lucas Giolito to the mound, square off at Target Field on Sunday, July 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- Giolito (6-6) will take the mound for the White Sox, his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed 3 2/3 innings while giving up eight earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the New York Mets.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 29-year-old’s 3.96 ERA ranks 37th, 1.198 WHIP ranks 32nd, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 20th.
- The White Sox have a 9.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
- The White Sox have pitched to a 4.65 this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
- The White Sox rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.371 WHIP this season.
- The White Sox have given up the third-most long balls so far this season with 139 home runs allowed.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/22/2023 | Dylan Cease | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/21/2023 | Lance Lynn | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/4/2023 | Lucas Giolito | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2023 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/12/2023 | Lucas Giolito | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/11/2023 | Lance Lynn | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/10/2023 | Dylan Cease | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/1/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2022 | Lance Lynn | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/30/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1/1 | 1 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has reached base with a base hit 42 times this year in 84 games played (50.0%), including multiple knocks in 11.9% of them (10 times).
- He has homered in 11.9% of his games in 2023 (10 of 84), which amounts to 4.2% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run 24 times this year in 84 games played (28.6%), including four games with more than one run (4.8%).
- Taylor has driven in at least one run 19 times this season in 84 games played (22.6%), including eight times plating multiple runs (9.5%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 62 times this year in 84 games played (73.8%), including 22 times striking out multiple times (26.2%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 41 |
| 21 (48.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (51.2%) |
| 8 (18.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (4.9%) |
| 12 (27.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (29.3%) |
| 6 (14.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (9.8%) |
| 13 (30.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (14.6%) |
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