Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 9/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

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

The Kansas City Royals (56-82) will try to beat the Detroit Tigers (52-85) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Tigers at +100 and the Royals are at -120. The total is 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Matt Manning and Jon Heasley.

Detroit is slugging .338 and have been called out on strikes 1,198 times, while taking a walk on 323 occasions. They have amassed 429 runs batted in and 1,036 hits this year, while their average at the plate is at .229. The Tigers have tallied 201 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 84 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 449 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .285. As a squad, the Detroit Tigers are notching 3.3 runs per outing, which is 30th in MLB.

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Tigers pitchers have conceded 142 home runs and also 613 runs (20th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 424 batters and their FIP sits at 4.15 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.38 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.30. The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.13 this year (21st in MLB), and they have struck out 1,007 hitters.

Tigers pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 95 times in addition to having 132 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 76 holds for the season (11th in the league). The Tigers bullpen have earned a save rate of 68.9% and stepped onto the hill in 123 save situations. They have compiled 31 saves on the season and have missed out on 14 out of their 45 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 158 base runners for the year with 27.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Tigers have dispatched 492 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Tigers have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,764 innings, which has them sitting 15th in pro baseball. The Detroit Tigers have a total of 3,588 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,171 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which has them sitting 23rd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 117 double plays.

Manning has taken the mound for 129 innings and has accounted for 92 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Manning (5-9 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.39 while he has gone up against 574 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 5.14 (74 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.442. He has given up 141 base hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) with 46 walks.

Kansas City has accumulated 119 home runs this year and 522 runs batted in. They have recorded 206 two-baggers, while taking a walk 401 times and scoring 543 runs. The Kansas City Royals have tallied an OBP of .308 and a batting average of .244 so far this year. The Royals hold a slugging % of .380 and they are scoring 3.93 runs per outing (24th in MLB). They have been rung up on 1,108 instances (21st in the league) and have earned a total of 1,129 base hits.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.473 in addition to having a FIP of 4.51 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.97 (1,007 strikeouts against 511 walks). They rank 29th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,272. They have allowed 155 home runs and they concede 5.15 runs per 9 innings (26th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 692 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.69 (630 earned runs surrendered).

Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 28.9% out of 253 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 152 times in high leverage situations and on 156 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 120 save situations, the Royals have 71 holds and 17 blown saves. They are currently ranked 18th in the league with a save percentage of 62.2%, and they have sent 478 relievers to the mound on the season. Kansas City has called on relievers to enter the game in 45 save chances and they have earned 28 saves.

In their 10,893 innings on the diamond, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (27th in the majors). The Kansas City Royals have turned 122 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (17th in the majors). The Royals have 1,282 assists, 72 errors and have earned a total of 3,631 putouts over the course of the season.

In his MLB career, Heasley has surrendered 97 hits while he has tallied 63 strikeouts in 92 innings pitched. Heasley (4-8 career record) has a 4.97 earned run average while giving up 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 51 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.484 and a FIP of 5.9. His K/BB ratio is 1.58 and he has gone up against 410 hitters in his career.

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

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

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