Royals vs. Blue Jays Player Props Today: Maikel Garcia - April 23

Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals face the Toronto Blue Jays on April 23 at 7:40 PM ET, and will see starting pitcher Kevin Gausman on the mound. Garcia had one homer in his most recent game, going 1-for-4.

Garcia is hitting .178 with three doubles, a triple, four home runs and six walks. Among all hitters in baseball, Garcia’s home run total ranks 39th and his RBI tally ranks 22nd.

Maikel Garcia prop lines and game time

• Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays
• Time: 7:40 PM ET
• Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
• TV Channel: BSKC
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
• Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -256)
• Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +800)
• RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +225)
• Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
• Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +125)
• Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +210)

Maikel Garcia prop bet insights

• Garcia has tallied a hit 11 times this year in 22 games played (50.0%), including five multi-hit games (22.7%).
• Out of the 22 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in four contests (18.2%), taking the pitcher deep in 4.1% of his trips to home plate.
• Garcia has scored at least a run in eight of 22 games played this season (36.4%), including two games with multiple runs scored.
• He has plated a run in 50.0% of his 22 games this year, with more than one RBI in 13.6% of those games (three). He has also plated three or more runs in one contest.
• Garcia has gone down on strikes in 15 of 22 games this year, with multiple strikeouts in four of them.

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Maikel Garcia stats against the Blue Jays

Blue Jays starter: Kevin Gausman

• Gausman takes the hill for the Blue Jays in his fifth of the season. He is 0-2 with an 8.16 ERA and 16 Ks through 14 1/3 innings pitched.
• When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the New York Yankees, the righty threw five innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering four hits.
• The 33-year-old has put up an ERA of 8.16, with 10 strikeouts per nine innings in four contests this year. Opposing hitters have a .328 batting average against him.