Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 9/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, September 2, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Kansas City Royals (53-78) are traveling to Comerica Park on Friday where they will compete against the Detroit Tigers (50-80). The expected starting pitchers will be Daniel Lynch and Drew Hutchison.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 3.9 runs per outing, which ranks them 24th in MLB. They have 515 runs scored while having a team OBP of .307. The Royals have hit 195 doubles as a team and have hit 112 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 495 RBI's in addition to 1,072 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .244. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been called out on strikes 1,049 times, while drawing a walk on 376 occasions.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 4.74 over the course of the season (27th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 958 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.94 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Royals pitchers have relinquished 148 home runs in addition to 665 total runs (28th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 494 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.54 as a unit for the season.

The Royals have sent 455 relievers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 243 base runners on the campaign with 28.8% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 27 saves this season and have blown 17 of their 44 chances to get a save. The Royals relievers have accumulated a save rate of 61.4% and stepped onto the hill in 119 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 71 holds for the year (12th in MLB). Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 149 times in addition to having 145 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have converted 67.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,335 innings on the field, which ranks them 27th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 3,445 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,220 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which is 17th in MLB, and they have turned 118 double plays.

Lynch has taken the ball for 171 innings and has 152 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 5.10 (97 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.576. He has given up 196 base hits (10.3 hits per nine innings) and has 74 walks. Lynch (8-15 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.47 while he has gone up against 780 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Detroit Tigers hold an on-base percentage of .285 and a batting average of .229 on the year. They have been rung up on 1,140 occasions (7th in baseball) and have recorded 984 base hits. Detroit has hit 76 home runs for the year to go along with 411 RBIs. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .336 and they are scoring 3.32 runs per outing (30th in MLB). They have hit 191 two-baggers, while getting a free base 306 times and putting up 431 runs.

The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 568 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.04 (509 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 126 home runs and they yield 4.51 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.289 in addition to having a FIP of 4.07 as a staff on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.36 (948 strikeouts vs 401 free passes). They come in at 16th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,060.

Detroit has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 42 save chances and they have converted 29 saves. They sit at 10th in baseball with a save rate of 69.0%, and they have sent 465 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 121 times in high leverage situations and on 89 occasions with runners on base. Detroit bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.1% out of their 151 inherited base runners. Sitting with 119 save situations, the Tigers have earned 75 holds in addition to 13 blown saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 112 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in baseball). The Tigers have 1,121 assists, 75 errors and have a tally of 3,401 putouts so far this year. In 10,203 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (12th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Hutchison has surrendered 585 base hits and he has 473 punch outs in 558 innings pitched. Hutchison (37-31 record in his career) has a 4.84 earned run average while allowing 9.4 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 300 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.409 and having a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 and he has faced 2,429 opposing batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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