Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, July 10, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

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

The Kansas City Royals (31-51) will try to beat the Cleveland Guardians (40-41) at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. The odds on this game have Cleveland at -120 and Kansas City is sitting at +100. The total is 9. The starting pitchers are Zach Plesac and Zack Greinke.

Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .377 and have been called out on strikes 562 times, while being walked on 236 occasions. They have recorded 326 runs batted in in addition to 665 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate is .243. The Guardians have compiled 146 doubles as a team and have hit 63 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 344 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .307. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 4.3 runs/g, which has them at 18th in baseball.

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Guardians pitchers have given up 95 home runs in addition to 361 runs in total (18th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 246 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.15 as a squad this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.69 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.26. The Guardians hold a team ERA of 4.05 this year (19th in the league), and their staff has rung up 662 batters.

Guardians relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 70 times as well as having 85 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 21 holds so far this season (30th in the league). The Guardians bullpen have a save percentage of 70.0% and has entered the game in 54 save situations. They have earned 21 saves so far this year and have blown 9 of 30 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 97 base runners on the season with 32.0% of them earned a run for their team. The Guardians have sent 252 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Cleveland Guardians have a total of 2,152 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 725 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .982 which has them sitting 23rd in the majors, and they have twisted 63 double plays. The Guardians have turned 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 6,456 innings on the field, which has them sitting 13th in the majors.

Plesac has thrown 399 innings and is sitting with 305 strikeouts in his career. His ERA is 3.90 (173 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.158. He has surrendered 360 hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 102 walks. Plesac (24-20 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.52 and he has gone up against 1,639 opposing batters in the majors.

Kansas City has hit 71 HRs so far this year to go along with 308 RBIs. They have put up 128 doubles, while walking 250 times and recording 322 runs. The Kansas City Royals hold an on-base percentage of .307 and a team batting average of .241 so far this year. The Royals have a team slugging percentage of .378 and they average 3.93 runs per game (26th in MLB). They have been rung up on 629 occasions (27th in MLB) and have a total of 667 base hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 423 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.95 (396 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 91 dingers and they concede 5.29 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 4.60 as a team on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.81 (592 strikeouts vs 327 walks). They have a ranking of 27th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 737.

With 78 save situations, the Royals have earned 46 holds and also 11 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 29 save opportunities and they have converted 18 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 95 times in high leverage situations and on 104 occasions with runners on. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.7% of 165 inherited runners. They rank 19th in the league holding a save percentage of 62.1%, and they have dispatched 295 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

In 6,480 innings played, the Royals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (23rd in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 69 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in MLB). The Royals have recorded 755 assists, 36 errors and have earned 2,160 putouts this season.

So far in his MLB career, Greinke has conceded 2,969 base hits and he has 2,843 K's in 3,178 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 1,216 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.162 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.92 and he has faced 12,992 opposing hitters during his MLB career. Greinke (221-137 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.44 earned run average while allowing 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+100)

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