Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros Prediction, 7/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+190) Houston (-225)

The Kansas City Royals (29-49) are on their way to Minute Maid Park on Wednesday where they will meet the Houston Astros (52-27). The odds on this game have Kansas City at +190 and Houston is coming in at -225. The total is 8. The men taking the mound will be Brad Keller and Cristian Javier.

Kansas City is slugging .375 and have struck out 590 times, while being walked on 238 occasions. They have 288 runs batted in and 631 hits on the year, and their team batting average is at .240. The Royals have tallied 124 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 65 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 302 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.9 runs/g, which ranks them 27th in the league.

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Royals pitchers have surrendered 83 home runs and also 402 runs (25th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 307 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.51 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.85 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. The Royals hold a team ERA of 4.92 on the year (27th in baseball), and they have struck out 567 batters.

The Royals have dispatched 285 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 165 base runners on the year and 29.7% of those players crossed the plate. They have earned 17 saves this season and have not converted 11 of 28 chances to get a save. The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 60.7% and has come into the game in 74 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 43 holds for the season (16th in the league). Royals pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 104 times in addition to having 92 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 2,032 putouts thus far, in addition to 708 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them sitting 4th in the majors, and have accumulated 63 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 6,096 innings, which ranks them 23rd in professional baseball.

Keller has taken the mound for 579 innings and is sitting with 429 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.04 (260 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.378. He has conceded 569 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 229 walks. Keller (32-44 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.16 while he has faced 2,479 batters in the majors.

The Astros have a team SLG% of .425 and they are scoring 4.43 runs per contest (14th in MLB). They have put up 127 doubles, while taking a walk 279 times as well as putting up 350 runs. Houston has hit 114 HRs for the year as well as 342 RBIs. They have struck out on 590 occasions (27th in MLB) and have notched a total of 628 hits. The Houston Astros hold a team on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a batting average of .240 for the year.

The Astros have a WHIP of 1.100 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.53 as a staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.05 (693 strikeouts against 227 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 542. They have relinquished 69 home runs and they allow 3.33 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Houston pitching staff have yielded 259 runs for the year while having an ERA of 2.93 (228 earned runs yielded).

Houston relievers have an inherited score rate of 27.0% out of their 74 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 78 times in high leverage situations and on 50 occasions with runners on. With 79 save situations, the Astros have earned 50 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. They rank 2nd in baseball with a save rate of 79.3%, and they have sent 239 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Houston has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 29 save opportunities and they have converted 23 saves.

In 6,216 innings played, the Astros have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 72.9% (1st in professional baseball). The Houston Astros have gotten 55 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in baseball). The Astros have recorded 617 assists, 38 errors and have accounted for 2,072 putouts this season.

In his pro baseball career, Javier has given up 146 hits while he has tallied 279 K's in 225 frames. Javier (15-6 career win-loss mark) has a 3.24 earned run average and has conceded 5.8 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 81 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.070 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.94 and he has faced 915 hitters in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+190)

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