Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 5/31/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+120) Cleveland (-140)

Progressive Field is the site where the Cleveland Guardians (19-24) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (16-30) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +120 and the Guardians are priced at -140. The over/under is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Daniel Lynch and Cal Quantrill.

The Royals have tallied 73 two-baggers as a team and have hit 34 balls out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .363 and have struck out 347 times, while drawing a walk on 133 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are earning 3.8 runs per contest, which is 25th in MLB. They have 165 RBI's and 371 hits for the year, and their team batting average sits at .237. They have earned 176 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .300.

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The Royals have an earned run average of 4.99 on the campaign (28th in MLB), and they have rung up 321 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 177 opposing players and their FIP is 4.51 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.81 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Royals pitchers have given up 48 home runs and also 240 runs (27th in MLB).

The Royals have sent 167 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 100 base runners for the season with 32.0% of those players crossed the plate. They have compiled 9 saves for the season and have not converted 7 out of their 16 save chances. The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 56.3% and has come into the game in 39 save situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 21 holds this season (22nd in MLB). Royals pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 63 times as well as having 61 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have turned 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,636 innings, ranking them 24th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 1,212 putouts thus far, in addition to 427 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which ranks 5th in professional baseball, and have 42 double plays.

Lynch has thrown 107 innings and has 92 K's in his career. Lynch (6-9 career record) has a FIP of 4.53 while facing 485 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 5.05 (60 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.551. He has allowed 118 base hits (9.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 48 walks.

The Guardians have a SLG% of .383 and they tally 4.49 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have put up 72 doubles, while walking 130 times and putting up 193 runs. Cleveland has a total of 37 long balls so far this season as well as 187 RBIs. They have struck out on 316 instances (30th in the league) and have earned 354 base hits. The Cleveland Guardians have a team on-base percentage of .307 in addition to a team batting average of .243 this year.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.177 with a FIP of 3.89 as a staff on the year. They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 318. The Cleveland pitching staff have yielded 183 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.86 (162 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.70 (343 strikeouts vs 127 free passes). They have conceded 41 homers and they relinquish 4.36 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball).

Cleveland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 21.2% of 52 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 43 times in high leverage situations and on 39 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 22 save situations, the Guardians have tallied 10 holds and 3 blown saves. They are ranked 7th in MLB with a save rate of 72.7%, and they have dispatched 132 relievers onto the diamond on the year. Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 11 save opportunities and they have tallied 8 saves.

In 3,402 innings on the diamond, the Guardians are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.5% (9th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 35 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (19th in the majors). The Guardians have recorded 376 assists, 25 errors and are sitting with 1,134 putouts so far this year.

Quantrill (17-14 career mark) has a 3.61 ERA while allowing 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.64 and he has faced 1,386 hitters during his MLB career. He has surrendered a total of 133 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.226 and having a FIP of 4.1. So far in his career, Quantrill has conceded 305 base knocks while totaling 269 K's in 332 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (-140)

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