Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 9/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+100) Detroit (-120)

Comerica Park is the location where the Detroit Tigers (50-81) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (53-79) on Saturday. The odds on this game have Kansas City at +100 and Detroit is at -120. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Jon Heasley and Michael Pineda.

The Royals have accrued 197 doubles as a team and have knocked 112 balls out of the stadium. Kansas City is slugging .379 and have struck out 1,060 times, while drawing a walk on 378 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 24th in the league. They have accumulated 496 RBI's and 1,080 base knocks this year, while their batting average sits at .244. They have racked up 516 runs and hold an OBP of .307.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 4.76 on the campaign (27th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 970 hitters. They have walked 497 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.54 as a unit this year. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.48. Royals pitchers have given up 150 home runs in addition to 672 runs in total (28th in MLB).

The Royals have dispatched 459 relievers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 247 runners this year and 28.7% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 27 saves this season and have not converted 17 of their 44 save opportunities. The Royals relievers have recorded a save rate of 61.4% and has come into the game in 119 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 71 holds this season (12th in baseball). Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 151 times as well as having 145 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have converted 67.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,407 innings, which has them sitting 28th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have earned 3,469 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,225 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which ranks 17th in pro baseball, and have earned 118 double plays.

Heasley has taken the ball for 85 innings and has earned 61 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 5.17 (49 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.488. He has surrendered 89 hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) with 38 walks. Heasley (3-8 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 5.99 and he has gone up against 380 hitters in the major leagues.

The Detroit Tigers have compiled an on-base percentage of .284 in addition to a team batting average of .228 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 1,151 occasions (7th in the league) and have earned a total of 988 hits. Detroit has a total of 76 HRs on the campaign and 411 RBIs. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .335 and they score 3.29 runs per contest (30th in baseball). They have hit 191 two-baggers, while walking 307 times and scoring 431 runs.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.292 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a staff so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 (956 strikeouts against 406 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,070. They have conceded 128 home runs and they surrender 4.53 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have given up 575 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.06 (515 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 119 save situations, the Tigers have earned 75 holds and also 13 blown saves. Detroit has called on relievers to enter the game in 42 save opportunities and they have walked away with 29 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 121 times in high leverage situations and also on 89 occasions with base runners. Detroit relievers have an inherited score percentage of 29.1% out of 151 inherited base runners. They sit at 10th in baseball holding a save rate of 69.0%, and they have sent 468 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 113 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in pro baseball). The Tigers have recorded 1,124 assists, 77 errors and have a total of 3,428 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 10,284 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (12th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Pineda has conceded 984 base knocks while he has tallied 963 K's in 1,004 innings. He has surrendered 450 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.197 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.40 and he has faced 4,169 batters so far in his MLB career. Pineda (64-60 career record) holds a 4.03 ERA and has given up 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+100)

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