Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, June 11, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-120) Kansas City (+100)

The Baltimore Orioles (24-34) are headed to Kauffman Stadium on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Kansas City Royals (19-37). The moneyline on this game has Baltimore at -120 and Kansas City is priced at +100. The total is set at 9.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Tyler Wells and Daniel Lynch.

As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 24th in MLB. They are sitting with 229 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .299. The Orioles have tallied 93 doubles as a squad and have knocked 56 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 217 RBI's in addition to 450 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is .229. Baltimore has a slugging % of .370 and have struck out 516 times, while drawing a walk on 168 occasions.

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The Orioles have a team earned run average of 4.12 on the campaign (21st in MLB), and the staff has struck out 407 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.27 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33. Orioles pitchers have surrendered 63 home runs and 265 total runs (22nd in the league). They have walked 179 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.36 as a team for the season.

The Orioles have sent 204 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 123 base runners over the course of the season and 26.8% of those players ended up scoring. They have accumulated 10 saves this year and have not converted 5 out of their 15 save opportunities. The Orioles bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 38 save situations. The relief pitchers have 22 holds so far this year (26th in the league). Orioles relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 81 times in addition to having 69 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Orioles have converted 69.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,638 innings, which has them sitting 22nd in professional baseball. The Baltimore Orioles have earned 1,546 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 586 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which puts them in 28th in pro baseball, and have a total of 62 double plays.

Wells (4-7 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.01 while he has faced 414 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 82 hits (7.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 21 free passes. His ERA is 3.96 (46 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 0.984. Wells has taken the mound for 104 frames and has earned 94 punch outs in his MLB career.

The Royals hold a team slugging percentage of .361 and they tally 3.75 runs per game (26th in the league). They have 90 doubles, while taking a walk 165 times and putting up 210 runs. Kansas City has hit 40 home runs on the campaign as well as 199 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 425 occasions (27th in baseball) and have recorded 448 base hits. The Kansas City Royals hold a team OBP of .301 in addition to a batting average of .237 for the season.

The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 300 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 5.17 (282 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 61 dingers and they yield 5.50 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.517 and have a FIP of 4.69 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.71 (379 strikeouts against 222 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 28th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 523.

Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 17 save opportunities and they have earned 10 saves. They rank 25th in baseball with a save rate of 58.8%, and they have sent 203 relievers onto the field this season. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 66 times in high leverage situations in addition to 72 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relievers hold an inherited score rate of 32.8% out of 119 inherited runners. With 45 save situations, the Royals have recorded 26 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 52 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in the majors). The Royals have accrued 529 assists, 25 errors and are sitting with 1,473 putouts for the season. In 4,419 innings on the diamond, the Royals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.3% (25th in baseball).

Lynch (6-11 career record) is the owner of a 5.55 earned run average while conceding 10.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 and he has gone up against 534 opposing batters during his MLB career. He has given up a total of 72 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.594 and having a FIP of 4.9. So far in his MLB career, Lynch has allowed 133 hits and he has 98 strikeouts in 116 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (-120)

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