Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, June 17, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Oakland Coliseum is the location where the Oakland Athletics (21-43) will attempt to beat the Kansas City Royals (21-41) on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Zack Greinke and Frankie Montas.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.8 runs/g, which is 27th in baseball. They have notched a total of 236 runs scored and have an OBP of .300. The Royals have compiled 99 doubles as a squad and have hit 46 baseballs out of the park. They have accrued 222 RBI's in addition to 498 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .238. Kansas City is slugging .366 and have been called out on strikes 465 times, while being walked on 179 occasions.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 5.12 so far this year (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 433 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 249 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.66 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.74 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.51. Royals pitchers have surrendered 67 home runs and 329 runs in total (26th in baseball).

The Royals have sent 227 relievers to the hill on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 135 runners over the course of the season and 31.1% of them crossed home plate. They have accumulated 11 saves on the campaign and have not converted 7 of their 18 save chances. The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 61.1% and has come into the game in 46 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 26 holds on the year (27th in baseball). Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 81 times in addition to having 68 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have amassed 1,629 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 576 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which ranks 6th in the majors, and have earned 57 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,887 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 26th in baseball.

Greinke has taken the ball for 3,161 innings and is sitting with 2,834 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Greinke (219-136 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.46 and he has faced 12,922 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.44 (1,208 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.162. He has conceded 2,952 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 722 free passes.

The Athletics have a team SLG% of .333 and they have an average of 3.25 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have recorded 102 doubles, while taking a walk 168 times and scoring 208 runs. Oakland has tallied 46 long balls on the year as well as 192 RBIs. They have struck out on 542 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned a total of 439 hits. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with an OBP of .275 and a batting average of .211 on the season.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.343 in addition to having a FIP of 4.25 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.38 (478 strikeouts against 201 walks). They rank 25th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 551. They have surrendered 69 home runs and they allow 4.82 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The Oakland pitching staff have surrendered 300 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.50 (280 earned runs conceded).

Oakland has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 23 save chances and they have walked away with 13 saves. They are ranked 27th in baseball with a save rate of 56.5%, and they have sent 226 bullpen pitchers to the mound this season. Their relievers have come in 66 times in high leverage situations and also on 79 occasions with runners on. Oakland relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 24.6% out of 122 inherited runners. With 62 save situations, the Athletics have 39 holds in addition to 10 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 59 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (25th in MLB). The Athletics have recorded 587 assists, 43 errors and have notched a total of 1,681 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 5,043 innings played, the Athletics are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.8% (21st in pro baseball).

Montas (34-29 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.79 ERA while giving up 8.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.23 and he has faced 2,216 opposing batters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 221 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.267 and a FIP of 3.7. So far in his MLB career, Montas has surrendered 495 base hits while he has accumulated 549 punch outs in 524 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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