Tigers vs. Royals Player Props Today: Kerry Carpenter - September 28
Kerry Carpenter is looking to improve on a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-4). His Detroit Tigers square off versus Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals on Thursday at 1:10 PM ET on BSDET.
Carpenter has 17 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs and 29 walks while hitting .288.
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- Matchup: Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
- Time: 1:10 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
- TV Channel: BSDET
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- 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: +1050)
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Kerry Carpenter prop bet insights
- In 65.5% of his 113 games this season, Carpenter has notched a base hit (74 times). He’s also put up 34 multi-hit games in 2023 (30.1%).
- Out of the 113 games he has played in this season, he’s homered in 18 contests (15.9%), homering in 4.6% of his trips to the plate.
- Carpenter has scored at least a run in 38.9% of his games this year (44 of 113), with more than one run scored in 10 of them (8.8%).
- In 33.6% of his 113 games this season, he has driven in a run (38 times). He’s also notched 17 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (15.0%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
- Carpenter has struck out at least once 78 times this year in 113 games played (69.0%), including 25 multi-strikeout contests (22.1%).
Kerry Carpenter stats against the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Zack Greinke | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/19/2023 | Ryan Yarbrough | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/18/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/17/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 6/21/2023 | Brady Singer | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Daniel Lynch | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/27/2022 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/11/2022 | Brady Singer | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
Royals starter: Cole Ragans
- Ragans (7-4 with a 3.41 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 89 2/3 innings pitched) gets the call for the Royals in his 12th start of the season.
- His most recent outing was on Saturday versus the Houston Astros, when the left-hander threw six innings, allowing two earned runs while surrendering three hits.
- In 28 outings this season, the 25-year-old has put up a 3.41 ERA and 10.5 strikeouts per nine frames, while surrendering a batting average of .204 to opposing batters.
- Ragans has posted seven quality starts this year.