Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 10/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+185) Cleveland (-215)

The Cleveland Guardians (90-69) welcome the Kansas City Royals (64-95) at Kauffman Stadium on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Royals at +185 while the Guardians are priced at -215. The betting total comes in at 7. The expected starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Triston McKenzie.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .382 and have struck out 1,248 times, while being walked on 454 occasions. They have amassed 600 RBI's in addition to 1,297 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is .245. The Royals have recorded 246 doubles as a unit and have knocked 135 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 625 runs scored and hold an OBP of .308. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are knocking in 4.0 runs per game, which is 24th in MLB.

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Royals pitchers have allowed 170 home runs and 787 total runs (26th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 578 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.43 as a team for the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.47. The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.68 on the season (26th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,164 batters.

The Royals relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 60.4% and stepped onto the hill in 138 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 289 runners this season and 30.1% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Royals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 178 times in addition to having 163 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 550 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have recorded 80 holds on the year (15th in MLB). They have earned 32 saves for the year and have blown 21 of 53 save opportunities.

The Royals have converted 67.6% of balls hit into play into outs in their 12,438 innings, which ranks them 28th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 4,146 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,472 assists and 79 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which ranks 11th in MLB, and they have turned 149 double plays.

Greinke has thrown 3,241 innings and has earned 2,881 punch outs in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.43 (1,234 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.166. He has given up 3,042 hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 738 free passes. Greinke (223-141 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.47 while he has faced 13,258 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Cleveland Guardians have an OBP of .315 in addition to a batting average of .253 on the year. They have struck out on 1,095 instances (30th in MLB) and have totaled 1,369 base knocks. Cleveland has compiled 124 long balls so far this season to go along with 640 runs batted in. The Guardians have a team slugging % of .381 and they earn 4.27 runs per game (17th in the league). They have put up 266 doubles, while getting a free base 439 times as well as racking up 675 runs.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.163 and have a FIP of 3.79 as a unit for the season. They are sitting at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,222. The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 619 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.48 (549 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 (1,351 strikeouts against 429 walks). They have conceded 169 home runs and they yield 3.93 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

Sitting with 132 save situations, the Guardians have tallied 61 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Cleveland has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 67 save opportunities and they have come away with 49 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 165 times in high leverage situations and also on 134 occasions with runners on. Cleveland relievers have an inherited score rate of 29.1% of 179 inherited runners. They rank 3rd in the league holding a save rate of 73.1%, and they have sent 492 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

In their 12,771 innings on the field, the Guardians have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (6th in MLB). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 127 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in the majors). The Guardians have 1,405 assists, 93 errors and are sitting with 4,257 putouts this season.

Thus far in his career, McKenzie has surrendered 239 base knocks while he has accumulated 364 strikeouts in 339 innings. McKenzie (18-21 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.71 ERA while allowing 6.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 140 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.030 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.28 and he has gone up against 1,344 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+185)

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