Royals vs. Cubs Player Props Today: Maikel Garcia - August 20
Maikel Garcia will try to bounce back following a hitless showing in his previous game (0-for-2). His Kansas City Royals face Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs on Sunday at 2:20 PM ET on MARQ.
Garcia is hitting .284 with 16 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 25 walks.
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Maikel Garcia Prop Lines and Game Time
- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago Cubs
- Time: 2:20 PM ET
- Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023
- TV Channel: MARQ
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- Hits Prop: 1.5 hits (Over odds: +185)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +825)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +250)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +125)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +190)
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Maikel Garcia Prop Bet Insights
- In 69.7% of his 89 games this season, Garcia has notched a base hit (62 times). He’s also put up 25 multi-hit games in 2023 (28.1%).
- In four of 89 games this season, he has hit a home run (4.5%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 1.1% of his trips to the dish in 2023.
- Garcia has scored a run in 37 of 89 games this year, with multiple runs scored in six of them.
- He has driven in a run in 32 of 89 games this year, with multiple RBI in six of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 55.1% of his games this year (49 of 89), Garcia has gone down on strikes one or more times, and in 23 of those games (25.8%) he registered two or more strikeouts.
Maikel Garcia Stats Against the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
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Cubs Starter: Kyle Hendricks
- The Cubs will call on Hendricks (4-6) to make his 17th start of the season. He is 4-6 with a 4.19 ERA and 61 Ks in 92 1/3 innings pitched.
- When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the Chicago White Sox, the righty threw six innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
- The 33-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.19, with 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 16 contests this year. Opposing hitters have a .253 batting average against him.
- Hendricks is looking to notch his ninth quality start of the season.
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