Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 6/13/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, June 13, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (32-26) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (20-38) at Oracle Park on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Brady Singer and Alex Wood.

The Royals have tallied 95 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 43 balls out of the park. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .369 and have been called out on strikes 437 times, while drawing a walk on 168 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are recording 3.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 27th in baseball. They have tallied 211 RBI's in addition to 470 hits for the season, while their team batting average is .239. They have accumulated 222 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .302.

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The Royals have an ERA of 5.11 for the year (28th in the league), and their staff has rung up 399 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 227 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.64 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.76 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Royals pitchers have allowed 63 home runs and also 307 total runs (27th in baseball).

The Royals relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 58.8% and stepped onto the hill in 45 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 122 base runners on the season with 32.0% of those runners crossed home plate. Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 73 times as well as having 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 209 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers have 26 holds for the season (22nd in MLB). They have compiled 10 saves so far this season and have blown 7 of 17 save opportunities.

The Royals have transformed 68.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,581 innings on the field, which ranks them 26th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have 1,527 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 544 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which is 7th in MLB, and they have twisted 53 double plays.

Singer has taken the mound for 228 innings and has racked up 227 K's during his pro baseball career. Singer (12-16 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.07 and he has faced 994 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.58 (116 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.382. He has conceded 235 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 80 walks.

The Giants hold a slugging % of .403 and they are scoring 5.00 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have 93 two-baggers, while getting a free base 212 times and putting up 290 runs. San Francisco has recorded 70 home runs for the year as well as 276 RBIs. They have been rung up on 495 occasions (16th in baseball) and have a total of 472 hits. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a batting average of .242 so far this season.

The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 257 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.13 (237 earned runs conceded). They have given up 48 long balls and they relinquish 4.48 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.296 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.48 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.08 (481 strikeouts vs 156 walks). They come in at 24th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 513.

Sitting with 48 save situations, the Giants have recorded 24 holds and 9 blown saves. San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the game in 21 save opportunities and they have recorded 12 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 59 times in high leverage situations and on 55 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 33.8% out of 77 inherited runners. They sit at 26th in MLB holding a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 222 relievers onto the diamond on the campaign.

In 4,650 innings on the field, the Giants are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.5% (27th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have turned 44 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (15th in the majors). The Giants have racked up 555 assists, 32 errors and have amassed 1,550 putouts on the campaign.

In his career, Wood has allowed 989 base hits while totaling 990 K's in 1,045 innings. He has surrendered a total of 411 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.231 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. His K/BB ratio is 3.32 and he has faced 4,367 batters so far in his career. Wood (66-53 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.54 ERA and has surrendered 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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