Royals vs. Blue Jays Player Props Today: Maikel Garcia - April 22
Maikel Garcia will try for a more productive performance after going hitless in his most recent game (0-for-3). He and the Kansas City Royals square off versus the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, who will send out Yusei Kikuchi to start, at 7:40 PM ET on BSKC.
Garcia has three doubles, a triple, three home runs and six walks while batting .174. Among hitters in MLB action, Garcia ranks 57th in home runs and 40th in RBI.
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- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays
- Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Date: Monday, April 22, 2024
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
- Hits Prop: 1.5 hits (Over odds: +175)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +110)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +310)
Maikel Garcia prop bet insights
- Garcia has a hit in 47.6% of his 21 games this year, with more than one hit in 23.8% of those contests (five).
- He has homered in 14.3% of his games in 2024 (three of 21), 3.2% of his trips to the plate.
- In seven of 21 games this season (33.3%), Garcia has scored at least one run, including two games with multiple runs scored.
- In 10 of 21 games this season (47.6%), he has produced at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- Garcia has gone down on strikes one or more times in 71.4% of his games this season (15 of 21), with more than one strikeout in four of those contests (19.0%).
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Maikel Garcia stats against the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/10/2023 | José Berríos | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/9/2023 | Kevin Gausman | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/8/2023 | Yusei Kikuchi | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 7/15/2022 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Blue Jays starter: Yusei Kikuchi
- Kikuchi (1-1 with a 2.08 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings pitched) gets the call for the Blue Jays in his fifth start of the season.
- His most recent outing was on Tuesday versus the New York Yankees, when the left-hander went six innings, allowing one earned run while giving up four hits.
- The 32-year-old has amassed an ERA of 2.08, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings in four contests this year. Opposing hitters have a .213 batting average against him.
- In this outing, Kikuchi will aim to claim his third straight quality start.