Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/12/2021 MLB Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Saturday, June 12, 2021

Location: RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+120) Oakland (-152)

Jackson Kowar and the Kansas City Royals (30-31, 3rd in AL Central) travel to RingCentral Coliseum on Saturday where they'll meet the Oakland Athletics (37-27, 1st in AL West). The line on this game has the Royals coming in at +120 and the Athletics are at -152. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Jackson Kowar and James Kaprielian.

Kansas City is slugging .387 and have been called out on strikes 494 times, while drawing a walk on 170 occasions. They have accrued 251 RBI's and 480 base knocks on the season, while their batting average comes in at .241. The Royals have hit 86 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 59 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 264 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .304. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 14th in the league.

The Royals hold a team earned run average of 4.46 this year (21st in the league), and the staff has rung up 549 hitters. They have walked 237 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.08 as a team this year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.32 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.38. Royals pitchers have allowed 63 long balls and 282 runs in total (18th in the league).

Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 62 times in addition to having 57 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 31 holds on the campaign (12th in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 63.6% and has entered the game in 53 save situations. They have accumulated 14 saves over the course of the season and have blown 8 of 22 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 97 base runners over the course of the season with 29.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have sent 203 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 1,586 putouts so far this season, as well as 502 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which puts them in 9th in MLB, and have 424 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,758 innings on the field, which has them sitting 26th in the majors.

Kowar has taken the mound for 1 inning and is sitting with 0 strikeouts during his MLB career. His earned run average is 54.00 (4 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 7.500. He has conceded 3 hits (40.5 hits per nine innings) and has 2 free passes. Kowar (0-1 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 12.15 while he has gone up against 7 hitters in the majors.

Oakland has accounted for 78 home runs on the season as well as 256 RBIs. They have put up 105 two-baggers, while taking a walk 227 times and putting up 275 runs. The Oakland Athletics have tallied an OBP of .313 as well as a batting average of .230 this year. The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .404 and they score 4.30 runs per contest (15th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 562 instances (13th in MLB) and have earned a total of 477 base hits.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.259 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.75 as a squad on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.09 (525 strikeouts vs 170 free passes). They rank 28th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 543. They have given up 63 dingers and they give up 4.24 runs per 9 innings (12th in baseball). The Oakland pitching staff have relinquished 267 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.89 (245 earned runs allowed).

Sitting with 49 save situations, the Athletics have 27 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. Oakland has called on relievers to enter the game in 22 save opportunities and they have tallied 16 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 50 times in high leverage situations and on 45 occasions with runners on. Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 36.2% out of 69 inherited runners. They rank 5th in MLB holding a save percentage of 72.7%, and they have dispatched 190 relievers to the hill for the year.

In their 5,100 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (20th in the majors). The Oakland Athletics have twisted 46 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (6th in pro baseball). The Athletics have accrued 489 assists, 33 errors and have accumulated 1,700 putouts on the campaign.

Kaprielian (2-1 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.60 earned run average while allowing 7.2 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.29 and he has faced 129 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 12 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.267 and a FIP of 4.8. During his pro baseball career, Kaprielian has allowed 24 base hits while totaling 32 K's in 30 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+120)

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