Kansas City Royals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 5/13/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, May 13, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

The Kansas City Royals (10-18) are traveling to Coors Field on Friday where they will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (16-15). The expected starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Kyle Freeland.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .314 and have struck out 199 times, while drawing a walk on 77 occasions. They have accounted for 82 runs batted in and 203 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate sits at .218. The Royals have tallied 37 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 14 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 91 runs and hold an OBP of .282. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.3 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in the league.

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Royals pitchers have given up 26 home runs and 131 total runs (20th in MLB). They have walked 98 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.22 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.98 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.37. The Royals have a team ERA of 4.52 on the campaign (26th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 194 hitters.

Royals pitchers have entered the game with runners on 37 times and also have had 41 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have racked up 13 holds for the season (24th in the league). The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 50.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 24 save situations. They have recorded 5 saves this year and have blown 5 of 10 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 52 base runners on the campaign and 34.6% of them earned a run for their team. The Royals have sent 106 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 741 putouts this year, in addition to 260 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which is 2nd in the majors, and have accumulated 31 double plays. The Royals have transformed 69.7% of balls in play into outs out of 2,223 innings, which ranks them 20th in baseball.

Greinke has taken the mound for 3,143 innings and has racked up 2,819 punch outs so far in his career. Greinke (219-134 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.44 while he has gone up against 12,833 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.40 (1,189 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.158. He has surrendered 2,926 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) with 715 walks.

The Colorado Rockies have an on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a batting average of .256 for the season. They have been rung up on 247 occasions (21st in the league) and are sitting with 266 base knocks. Colorado has 28 home runs for the season as well as 124 RBIs. The Rockies hold a team SLG% of .401 and they are earning 4.29 runs per contest (10th in MLB). They have 55 doubles, while walking 88 times as well as putting up 133 runs.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.478 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.10 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They are currently ranked 30th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 296. The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 162 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.77 (143 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.08 (214 strikeouts vs 103 walks). They have surrendered 27 dingers and they concede 5.40 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB).

Colorado has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 16 save opportunities and they have walked away with 13 saves. They rank 4th in the league with a save rate of 81.3%, and they have sent 96 relievers to the hill on the campaign. Their relievers have come in 29 times in high leverage situations and also on 28 occasions with runners on base. Colorado relievers have an inherited score rate of 35.6% of 59 inherited runners. Sitting with 31 save situations, the Rockies have amassed 15 holds and 3 blown saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 43 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (25th in MLB). The Rockies have accrued 337 assists, 24 errors and have a tally of 810 putouts over the course of the season. In 2,430 innings on the diamond, the Rockies are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 65.6% (30th in professional baseball).

During his career, Freeland has given up 722 hits while tallying 536 K's in 686 innings. He has conceded a total of 319 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.405 and having a FIP of 4.5. His K/BB ratio is 2.21 and he has gone up against 2,964 hitters in his MLB career. Freeland (41-43 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 4.19 ERA while giving up 9.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado

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