Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 9/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Kansas City Royals (53-77) are en route to Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday where they will meet the Chicago White Sox (63-66). The starting pitchers will be Daniel Lynch and Johnny Cueto.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.0 runs per contest, which is 24th in the league. They are sitting with 513 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .308. The Royals have accounted for 195 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 111 baseballs out of the park. They have recorded 493 runs batted in as well as 1,066 hits on the campaign, while their batting average sits at .244. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .380 and have struck out 1,039 times, while taking a walk on 376 occasions.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 4.74 so far this year (27th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 955 batters. They have walked 488 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.52 as a team so far this season. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Royals pitchers have given up 146 long balls and 661 total runs (28th in the league).

Royals pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 148 times and also have had 145 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 71 holds so far this year (10th in MLB). The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 61.4% and has entered the game in 119 save situations. They have compiled 27 saves for the season and have blown 17 of their 44 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 240 base runners this year and 28.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have dispatched 452 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Royals have turned 67.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,263 innings on the field, which has them ranked 28th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 3,421 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,207 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which has them ranked 18th in baseball, and they have twisted 117 double plays.

Lynch (8-15 career mark) has a FIP of 4.47 while he has gone up against 780 batters in the majors. He has allowed 196 base knocks (10.3 hits per nine innings) and has 74 free passes. His earned run average is 5.10 (97 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.576. Lynch has thrown 171 frames and is sitting with 152 strikeouts thus far in his career.

Chicago has 109 HRs so far this season and 511 RBIs. They have put up 218 two-baggers, while getting a free base 319 times as well as racking up 540 runs. The Chicago White Sox have accumulated an OBP of .315 in addition to a batting average of .259 over the course of the season. The White Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .385 and they score 4.19 runs per contest (21st in the league). They have struck out on 998 occasions (25th in the league) and have tallied 1,160 hits.

The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.314 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.96 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.61 (1,147 strikeouts vs 439 free passes). They are sitting at 19th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,073. They have allowed 141 homers and they surrender 4.57 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have yielded 585 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.06 (519 earned runs given up).

Chicago has had relief pitchers take the mound in 56 save opportunities and they have tallied 38 saves. They sit at 11th in MLB holding a save rate of 67.9%, and they have dispatched 437 relievers onto the field for the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 132 times in high leverage situations and on 113 occasions with base runners. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 39.6% of 164 inherited base runners. With 140 save situations, the White Sox have 83 holds and 18 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have turned 101 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in MLB). The White Sox have racked up 1,043 assists, 79 errors and have a tally of 3,453 putouts for the year. In 10,359 innings on the diamond, the White Sox have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (23rd in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Cueto has allowed 1,986 hits while totaling 1,787 strikeouts in 2,158 frames. Cueto (141-103 win-loss mark in his career) has a 3.42 ERA while allowing 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 821 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.204 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.92 and he has gone up against 8,953 opposing hitters so far in his career.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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