Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, June 10, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-115) Kansas City (-105)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (18-37) will play the Baltimore Orioles (24-33) on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Baltimore at -115 while Kansas City is sitting at -105. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Bruce Zimmermann and Jon Heasley.

Baltimore is slugging .370 and have struck out 509 times, while being walked on 162 occasions. They have accrued 212 RBI's in addition to 440 hits this season, while their batting average is sitting at .229. The Orioles have tallied 90 doubles as a unit and have smacked 56 balls out of the park. They have earned 224 runs while having a team OBP of .298. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are recording 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 24th in MLB.

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The Orioles have an ERA of 4.08 so far this year (20th in the league), and their staff has struck out 405 batters. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.33. Orioles pitchers have given up 61 home runs and 258 runs in total (23rd in the league). They have walked 175 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.30 as a squad over the course of the season.

Orioles relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 81 times and also have had 69 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have tallied 22 holds so far this season (26th in the league). The Orioles bullpen have a save percentage of 66.7% and has entered the game in 38 save situations. They have compiled 10 saves on the season and have blown 5 of their 15 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 123 base runners for the season and 26.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Orioles have dispatched 201 relievers to the hill this season.

The Orioles have turned 69.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 4,566 innings, which has them ranked 24th in MLB. The Baltimore Orioles have amassed 1,522 putouts thus far, as well as 575 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .981 which puts them in 27th in MLB, and they have turned 61 double plays.

Zimmermann has pitched in 128 innings and is sitting with 105 strikeouts during his MLB career. His earned run average is 5.11 (73 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.415. He has conceded 147 hits (10.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 35 walks. Zimmermann (6-9 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 5.41 and he has faced 556 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Royals hold a slugging % of .353 and they are scoring 3.61 runs per game (27th in the league). They have 83 doubles, while getting a free base 155 times as well as notching 195 runs. Kansas City has accounted for 38 home runs so far this year as well as 184 RBIs. They have struck out on 414 instances (27th in MLB) and have totaled 425 base knocks. The Kansas City Royals have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .296 and a team batting average of .233 on the year.

The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 291 runs on the year while having an ERA of 5.19 (273 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 59 HR's and they surrender 5.54 runs per 9 innings (27th in MLB). The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.514 and have a FIP of 4.71 as a unit on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.70 (365 strikeouts against 215 walks). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 501.

Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 16 save opportunities and they have walked away with 9 saves. They sit at 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 56.3%, and they have sent 194 relief pitchers onto the field this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 63 times in high leverage situations and on 69 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.9% out of their 113 inherited runners. With 41 save situations, the Royals have earned 23 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 52 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in professional baseball). The Royals have 514 assists, 23 errors and have 1,419 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 4,257 innings played, the Royals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (25th in MLB).

During his MLB career, Heasley has conceded 40 base knocks while earning 21 strikeouts in 40 innings. Heasley (1-4 career mark) has a 4.73 earned run average and has surrendered 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 21 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.525 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.00 and he has gone up against 176 hitters during his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (-115)

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