Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+140) Chicago (-165)

The Chicago White Sox (51-51) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (41-62) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Royals at +140 and the White Sox are sitting at -165. The over/under is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Brady Singer and Lance Lynn.

As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.8 runs per game, which ranks them 26th in the league. They have racked up 396 runs scored and hold an OBP of .309. The Royals have tallied 158 doubles as a team and have hit 84 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 378 runs batted in in addition to 854 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average sits at .246. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .378 and have been rung up 804 times, while taking a walk on 301 occasions.

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The Royals hold a team ERA of 4.66 for the season (27th in the league), and their staff has struck out 757 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 398 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.48 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.90 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Royals pitchers have surrendered 110 home runs in addition to 518 runs in total (27th in baseball).

The Royals have dispatched 362 relievers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 192 runners on the year with 31.8% of those runners crossed the plate. They have accumulated 23 saves on the year and have missed out on 15 of their 38 save opportunities. The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 60.5% and has come into the game in 100 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 58 holds for the season (11th in the league). Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 122 times as well as having 124 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have converted 68.3% of balls in play into outs out of 7,677 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 24th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 2,559 putouts on the year, as well as 907 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them sitting 13th in MLB, and they have turned 87 double plays.

Singer has taken the hill for 277 innings and has accumulated 283 punch outs so far in his MLB career. Singer (13-18 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.91 while facing 1,191 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.28 (132 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.334. He has given up 273 base hits (8.9 hits per nine innings) with 97 free passes.

Chicago has hit 88 home runs on the campaign and 419 runs batted in. They have hit 179 doubles, while walking 240 times and putting up 441 runs. The Chicago White Sox have recorded an OBP of .311 and a batting average of .257 for the year. The White Sox have a SLG% of .385 and they are scoring 4.32 runs per contest (18th in MLB). They have been rung up on 790 occasions (25th in the league) and have earned a total of 912 hits.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.327 with a FIP of 3.98 as a team so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.57 (921 strikeouts against 358 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 20th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 856. They have surrendered 114 home runs and they allow 4.53 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Chicago pitching staff have relinquished 461 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.97 (404 earned runs allowed).

Sitting with 115 save situations, the White Sox have 69 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. Chicago has had relievers enter the contest in 45 save chances and they have earned 29 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 107 times in high leverage situations and also on 91 occasions with base runners. Chicago relievers have an inherited score percentage of 38.1% out of 126 inherited base runners. They sit at 15th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.4%, and they have sent 354 relievers to the hill for the year.

In 7,839 innings on the diamond, the White Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (25th in professional baseball). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 77 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (28th in pro baseball). The White Sox have racked up 796 assists, 64 errors and have 2,613 putouts this year.

Lynn (116-81 career record) has earned a 3.57 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.81 and he has gone up against 6,901 opposing batters thus far in his career. He has given up 647 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.271 and a FIP of 3.6. During his pro baseball career, Lynn has surrendered 1,490 base knocks while he has totaled 1,640 punch outs in 1,631 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+140)

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