Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/19/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Sunday, June 19, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-145) Oakland (+125)

Oakland Coliseum is where the Oakland Athletics (22-44) will play the Kansas City Royals (22-41) on Sunday. The moneyline on this contest has Kansas City at -145 while Oakland is sitting at +125. The total comes in at 7. The pitchers expected to start will be Brad Keller and Jared Koenig.

The Royals have compiled 100 doubles as a squad and have hit 47 baseballs out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .366 and have been called out on strikes 473 times, while being walked on 184 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.8 runs/g, which puts them at 27th in MLB. They have accounted for 227 RBI's and 509 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is sitting at .239. They have accounted for 241 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .302.

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The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.05 over the course of the season (28th in the league), and they have struck out 449 batters. They have walked 254 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.60 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.77 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Royals pitchers have allowed 67 home runs in addition to 330 total runs (26th in the league).

Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 82 times in addition to having 68 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 26 holds this season (27th in baseball). The Royals bullpen have earned a save rate of 61.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 46 save situations. They have recorded 11 saves on the year and have blown 7 of their 18 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 136 runners on the year and 30.9% of those runners crossed home plate. The Royals have sent 231 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 1,656 putouts for the season, as well as 581 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them ranked 5th in MLB, and they have twisted 57 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,968 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 26th in baseball.

Keller has taken the hill for 562 frames and has racked up 414 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Keller (30-43 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.20 and he has faced 2,409 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.10 (256 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.382. He has conceded 555 base hits (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has 222 free passes.

The Oakland Athletics have earned an on-base percentage of .274 and a batting average of .210 this season. They have been rung up on 563 occasions (8th in the league) and have recorded 452 hits. Oakland has accumulated 46 long balls over the course of the season and 195 RBIs. The Athletics have a team SLG% of .330 and they are earning 3.23 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have hit 106 two-baggers, while walking 173 times as well as putting up 213 runs.

The Oakland pitching staff have allowed 308 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.42 (284 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 70 HR's and they give up 4.80 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.353 with a FIP of 4.23 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.36 (493 strikeouts against 209 free passes). They are currently ranked 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 573.

Oakland relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.6% of 126 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 68 times in high leverage situations and also on 82 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 66 save situations, the Athletics have recorded 42 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They are ranked 26th in MLB holding a save rate of 58.3%, and they have dispatched 232 relief pitchers onto the diamond this year. Oakland has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 24 save opportunities and they have come away with 14 saves.

In 5,205 innings on the diamond, the Athletics hold a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (24th in baseball). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 61 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (27th in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 609 assists, 46 errors and have a tally of 1,735 putouts for the season.

During his career, Koenig has given up 14 base hits and he has 6 strikeouts in 8 innings. Koenig (0-2 record in his career) has a 11.25 ERA while allowing 15.8 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 10 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 2.250 and a FIP of 7.1. His K/BB ratio is 1.50 and he has gone up against 42 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-145)

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