Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 10/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (90-70) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (65-95) at Progressive Field on Wednesday. The starting pitchers are Jon Heasley and Aaron Civale.

The Royals have earned 247 doubles as a unit and have smacked 136 balls out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .381 and have struck out 1,265 times, while taking a walk on 459 occasions. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are recording 4.0 runs/g, which puts them at 24th in baseball. They have accumulated 609 RBI's in addition to 1,315 hits for the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .245. They have accounted for 635 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .308.

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The Royals hold a team ERA of 4.67 on the season (26th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,180 hitters. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.02 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.47. Royals pitchers have allowed 172 home runs and also 796 total runs (26th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 584 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.42 as a unit for the year.

The Royals relievers have compiled a save rate of 61.1% and has come into the game in 139 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 291 runners on the year and 29.9% of them ended up scoring. Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 180 times and also have had 167 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 556 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 80 holds on the year (17th in the league). They have earned 33 saves over the course of the season and have blown 21 of their 54 save chances.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 4,200 putouts this season, in addition to 1,482 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them sitting 10th in baseball, and have a total of 151 double plays. The Royals have turned 67.6% of balls in play into outs out of 12,600 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 28th in pro baseball.

Heasley (5-10 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 5.82 and he has faced 498 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 114 base knocks (9.0 hits per 9 innings) with 48 walks. His earned run average is 4.99 (63 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.425. Heasley has thrown 113 innings and is sitting with 72 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Guardians have a team SLG% of .381 and they score 4.28 runs per game (16th in baseball). They have 267 doubles, while taking a walk 445 times as well as racking up 684 runs. Cleveland has recorded 126 HRs so far this year to go along with 648 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,111 occasions (30th in MLB) and have notched a total of 1,387 hits. The Cleveland Guardians have an OBP of .315 and a team batting average of .253 over the course of the season.

The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.164 in addition to having a FIP of 3.77 as a unit for the year. They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,240. The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 629 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.49 (557 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.15 (1,368 strikeouts vs 434 bases on balls). They have given up 170 homers and they concede 3.94 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

Cleveland has had relief pitchers take the mound in 68 save chances and they have tallied 50 saves. They rank 3rd in the league with a save rate of 73.5%, and they have sent 500 relievers onto the field on the campaign. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 168 times in high leverage situations and also on 135 occasions with base runners. Cleveland relievers hold an inherited score rate of 28.7% out of 181 inherited runners. Sitting with 134 save situations, the Guardians have 62 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 127 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in pro baseball). The Guardians have accrued 1,423 assists, 96 errors and have accumulated 4,314 putouts this season. In 12,942 innings played, the Guardians have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (6th in MLB).

Civale (23-21 record in his career) has earned a 4.10 ERA while conceding 8.4 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.61 and he has faced 1,420 batters during his career. He has given up 158 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.170 and having a FIP of 4.2. So far in his pro baseball career, Civale has given up 322 hits and he has 303 strikeouts in 347 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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