Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 6/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+180) Los Angeles (-210)

Angel Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Angels (33-37) will attempt to beat the Kansas City Royals (24-42) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +180 and the Angels are priced at -210. The total is set at 8. The men taking the mound will be Daniel Lynch and Shohei Ohtani.

Kansas City is slugging .366 and have been called out on strikes 495 times, while drawing a walk on 196 occasions. They have tallied 235 RBI's and 530 hits on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .238. The Royals have accrued 103 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 50 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 249 runs while having a team OBP of .302. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.8 runs per outing, which ranks them 27th in MLB.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 4.92 on the year (27th in the league), and they have struck out 471 batters. They have walked 260 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.56 as a team so far this season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.81 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.47. Royals pitchers have surrendered 70 home runs and also 336 runs (26th in baseball).

Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 85 times in addition to having 71 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 28 holds on the season (25th in MLB). The Royals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 63.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 49 save situations. They have 12 saves on the season and have blown 7 out of their 19 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 140 runners for the season and 31.4% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have sent 238 relievers to the hill this year.

The Royals have turned 68.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 5,202 innings, which has them ranked 24th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 1,734 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 610 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them ranked 5th in professional baseball, and they have turned 58 double plays.

Lynch has pitched in 127 frames and has earned 115 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. Lynch (7-12 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.67 while he has faced 579 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 5.46 (77 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.583. He has given up 145 hits (10.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 56 walks.

The Los Angeles Angels have accounted for an on-base percentage of .304 in addition to a batting average of .237 on the year. They have struck out on 663 occasions (1st in MLB) and have notched a total of 554 base hits. Los Angeles has recorded 85 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 281 runs batted in. The Angels have a team slugging % of .398 and they average 4.16 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have 103 two-baggers, while taking a walk 208 times and putting up 291 runs.

The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.209 and have a FIP of 4.09 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.55 (549 strikeouts against 215 walks). They are currently ranked 11th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 532. They have conceded 75 homers and they concede 4.16 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 286 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.81 (262 earned runs relinquished).

With 69 save situations, the Angels have 35 holds and 14 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relievers to enter the contest in 32 save opportunities and they have earned 18 saves. Their relievers have come in 70 times in high leverage situations and on 79 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 39.3% of 122 inherited runners. They rank 27th in the league holding a save rate of 56.3%, and they have dispatched 219 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Los Angeles Angels have turned 57 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (18th in the majors). The Angels have 609 assists, 41 errors and have earned 1,855 putouts on the campaign. In 5,565 innings played, the Angels are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.8% (4th in MLB).

Ohtani (18-9 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.47 earned run average while allowing 7.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.36 and he has gone up against 1,007 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up 94 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.143 and a FIP of 3.5. Thus far in his career, Ohtani has surrendered 190 hits while accumulating 299 punch outs in 244 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-210)

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