Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 6/20/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Monday, June 20, 2022

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

The Los Angeles Angels (32-36) welcome the Kansas City Royals (23-41) at Angel Stadium on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound are Brady Singer and Reid Detmers.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .365 and have struck out 485 times, while being walked on 188 occasions. They have tallied 229 RBI's as well as 516 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .239. The Royals have tallied 101 doubles as a team and have smacked 47 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 243 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .302. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.8 runs/g, which has them at 27th in the league.

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Royals pitchers have conceded 67 home runs and 330 runs in total (26th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 257 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.57 as a squad over the course of the season. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.77 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. The Royals are sitting with a team ERA of 4.97 so far this year (28th in baseball), and they have rung up 456 batters.

The Royals bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 63.2% and has come into the game in 48 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 137 runners on the season and 30.7% of those players ended up scoring. Royals pitchers have entered the game with runners on 83 times in addition to having 70 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 233 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen have 27 holds this year (26th in baseball). They have recorded 12 saves for the year and have blown 7 of 19 save opportunities.

The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 1,683 putouts this year, as well as 592 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which puts them in 5th in the majors, and have 58 double plays. The Royals have turned 68.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,049 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 24th in MLB.

Singer has taken the mound for 233 innings and has accumulated 232 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Singer (12-16 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.07 while he has faced 1,015 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.56 (118 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.382. He has surrendered 237 base hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 85 walks.

The Los Angeles Angels have an OBP of .305 in addition to a batting average of .237 this season. They have been rung up on 642 occasions (1st in MLB) and have a total of 538 base hits. Los Angeles has compiled 83 home runs on the season to go along with 276 runs batted in. The Angels hold a slugging % of .400 and they are scoring 4.19 runs per contest (21st in the league). They have tallied 102 two-baggers, while walking 205 times and scoring 285 runs.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 280 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.84 (256 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 72 homers and they give up 4.20 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Angels have a WHIP of 1.215 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.55 (535 strikeouts vs 210 walks). They rank 11th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 519.

Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 32 save chances and they have come away with 18 saves. They rank 27th in the league with a save rate of 56.3%, and they have sent 213 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. Their relievers have come in 69 times in high leverage situations in addition to 78 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 39.7% out of 121 inherited runners. Sitting with 67 save situations, the Angels have accrued 34 holds and 14 blown saves.

In their 5,403 innings played, the Angels are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.6% (5th in pro baseball). The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 57 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in pro baseball). The Angels have 589 assists, 40 errors and have accounted for 1,801 putouts over the course of the season.

During his MLB career, Detmers has surrendered 64 base hits while he has totaled 57 punch outs in 73 frames. Detmers (3-6 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 5.13 earned run average while allowing 7.8 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 42 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.276 and having a FIP of 5.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.90 and he has gone up against 316 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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