Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction, 7/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

Date: Saturday, July 30, 2022

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+220) New York (-260)

Yankee Stadium is the location where the New York Yankees (67-33) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (39-60) on Saturday. The line on this contest has the Royals at +220 while the Yankees are sitting at -260. The over/under is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Nestor Cortes Jr.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are knocking in 3.8 runs/g, which puts them at 27th in baseball. They have accumulated 379 runs scored while having a team OBP of .309. The Royals have hit 154 doubles as a unit and have hit 79 balls out of the park. They have tallied 361 RBI's and 822 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .246. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .378 and have been rung up 764 times, while being walked on 290 occasions.

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Royals pitchers have yielded 102 home runs and 492 runs (26th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 379 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.42 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. The Royals have a team earned run average of 4.65 on the campaign (27th in the league), and their staff has struck out 726 hitters.

The Royals have sent 348 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 181 runners so far this year and 30.4% of those players crossed the plate. They have accumulated 22 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 13 of 35 save opportunities. The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 62.9% and has entered the game in 92 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 53 holds for the year (15th in baseball). Royals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 115 times in addition to having 117 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have transformed 68.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,833 innings on the field, which has them sitting 24th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned 2,611 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 922 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 14th in pro baseball, and have a total of 89 double plays.

Greinke (222-138 mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.47 while he has faced 13,051 hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 2,983 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) with 728 walks. His ERA is 3.44 (1,219 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.162. Greinke has taken the mound for 3,192 innings and has earned 2,856 punch outs in his MLB career.

New York is sitting with 169 HRs for the season to go along with 501 RBIs. They have put up 141 doubles, while getting a free base 390 times as well as putting up 526 runs. The New York Yankees have tallied a team on-base percentage of .330 and a team batting average of .245 over the course of the season. The Yankees hold a team slugging percentage of .442 and they score 5.26 runs per game (1st in MLB). They have been rung up on 844 instances (15th in MLB) and have totaled 820 hits.

The New York pitching staff have yielded 329 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.14 (313 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 96 HR's and they allow 3.30 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Yankees have a WHIP of 1.096 in addition to having a FIP of 3.46 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.56 (918 strikeouts against 258 free passes). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 726.

With 106 save situations, the Yankees have amassed 56 holds and 13 blown saves. New York has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 46 save opportunities and they have tallied 33 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 114 times in high leverage situations in addition to 100 occasions with runners on base. New York bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.9% of 134 inherited runners. They rank 8th in baseball holding a save rate of 71.7%, and they have sent 302 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

The New York Yankees have gotten 59 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in the majors). The Yankees have 917 assists, 45 errors and have amassed 2,694 putouts on the season. In 8,082 innings on the field, the Yankees have a defensive efficiency of 72.0% (3rd in baseball).

Cortes Jr (15-8 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.85 ERA and has given up 8.3 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.40 and he has gone up against 1,146 batters during his career. He has surrendered 117 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.231 and a FIP of 4.5. During his career, Cortes Jr has given up 252 base hits and he has 289 strikeouts in 273 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+220)

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