Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 9/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Friday, September 30, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (87-68) welcome the Kansas City Royals (63-92) at Progressive Field on Friday. The starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Zach Plesac.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 24th in the league. They have a total of 612 runs while holding a team OBP of .308. The Royals have accrued 240 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 131 balls out of the park. They have 588 RBI's as well as 1,272 base knocks this year, while their batting average is .245. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .381 and have been called out on strikes 1,231 times, while being walked on 445 occasions.

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Royals pitchers have relinquished 167 home runs and also 770 total runs (26th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 572 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.45 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.98 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.47. The Royals have an earned run average of 4.68 this year (27th in the league), and they have rung up 1,135 hitters.

Royals relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 174 times and also have had 163 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 80 holds so far this year (15th in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 60.4% and has come into the game in 138 save situations. They have accumulated 32 saves on the season and have blown 21 of 53 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 282 base runners so far this season and 29.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Royals have sent 538 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Kansas City Royals have earned 4,071 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,452 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them sitting 11th in MLB, and have 147 double plays. The Royals have converted 67.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 12,213 innings, which ranks them 27th in the majors.

Singer has pitched in 340 innings and has totaled 336 K's during his pro baseball career. Singer (19-19 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.84 while he has faced 1,444 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.91 (148 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.296. He has allowed 331 base hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 110 walks.

The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a team batting average of .253 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,064 instances (30th in baseball) and have tallied 1,345 base knocks. Cleveland has accumulated 123 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 631 RBIs. The Guardians hold a team slugging percentage of .382 and they are recording 4.30 runs per game (16th in the league). They have 261 doubles, while taking a walk 435 times and recording 666 runs.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.167 in addition to having a FIP of 3.78 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.15 (1,328 strikeouts vs 422 free passes). They sit at 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,202. They have allowed 165 home runs and they allow 3.93 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 608 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.50 (542 earned runs conceded).

With 129 save situations, the Guardians have 60 holds and 18 blown saves. Cleveland has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 65 save chances and they have tallied 47 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 164 times in high leverage situations in addition to 133 occasions with base runners. Cleveland bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.2% out of 178 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 5th in MLB holding a save rate of 72.3%, and they have dispatched 483 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

In their 12,528 innings played, the Guardians have a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (6th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 124 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in professional baseball). The Guardians have recorded 1,382 assists, 91 errors and are sitting with 4,176 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Plesac has surrendered 406 base hits while tallying 344 punch outs in 440 innings pitched. Plesac (25-25 career record) has a 4.06 earned run average while giving up 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 199 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.187 and a FIP of 4.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.94 and he has gone up against 1,825 opposing batters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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