Royals vs. Tigers Player Props Today: Maikel Garcia - September 28
Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals face the Detroit Tigers on September 28 at 1:10 PM ET, and will see starter Sawyer Gipson-Long on the mound. Garcia had one hit in his previous game, finishing 1-for-3.
Garcia has 20 doubles, four triples, four home runs and 37 walks while batting .275.
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- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers
- Time: 1:10 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
- TV Channel: BSDET
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +825)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +260)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +135)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +525)
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Maikel Garcia prop bet insights
- Garcia has a hit in 68.1% of his games this year (81 of 119), with at least two hits in 31 of those contests (26.1%).
- He has hit a long ball in 3.4% of his games this season (119 contests), leaving the ballpark in 0.8% of his trips to the dish.
- Garcia has scored at least one run 46 times this season in 119 tries (38.7%), including scoring multiple runs in 8.4% of games (10 times).
- In 40 of 119 games this year (33.6%), he has plated a run, and seven of those games (5.9%) included an effort that produced more than one RBI. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 68 of 119 games this year (57.1%), Garcia has gone down on strikes, and 31 of those games (26.1%) included an effort that resulted in two or more punchouts.
Maikel Garcia stats against the Tigers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Reese Olson | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/19/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/18/2023 | Tarik Skubal | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/21/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Reese Olson | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/24/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 5/23/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 5/22/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
Tigers starter: Sawyer Gipson-Long
- The Tigers will call on Gipson-Long (1-0) to make his fourth start of the season. He is 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA and 20 Ks in 15 2/3 innings pitched.
- When he last took the hill on Saturday versus the Oakland Athletics, the right-hander went five innings, giving up one earned run while surrendering four hits.
- The 25-year-old has put up a 2.40 ERA and 12 Ks per nine innings across three games this season, while allowing a batting average of .185 to opposing batters.