Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 6/15/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (34-26) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (20-40) at Oracle Park on Wednesday. The expected starting pitchers are Jon Heasley and Sean Hjelle.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 3.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB. They have racked up 231 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .302. The Royals have hit 97 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 46 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 219 RBI's as well as 486 hits on the season, and their batting average sits at .239. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .369 and have been rung up 447 times, while taking a walk on 174 occasions.

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The Royals are sitting with a team ERA of 5.18 on the season (28th in the league), and the staff has struck out 416 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 242 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.70 as a unit for the year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.72 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.52. Royals pitchers have surrendered 66 home runs and also 323 runs (28th in baseball).

The Royals relievers have a save percentage of 58.8% and has come into the game in 45 save situations. The relievers have inherited 129 runners on the season with 31.0% of those players ended up scoring. Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 77 times and also have had 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 219 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have recorded 26 holds for the season (26th in baseball). They have compiled 10 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 7 out of their 17 chances to get a save.

The Royals have turned 68.2% of balls in play into outs out of 4,734 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 26th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 1,578 putouts so far this season, as well as 559 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which has them sitting 9th in the majors, and have 56 double plays.

Heasley (2-4 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 5.49 while he has faced 199 hitters in the majors. He has given up 41 hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has 21 walks. His ERA is 4.02 (21 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.319. Heasley has pitched in 47 innings and is sitting with 28 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The San Francisco Giants have earned an on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a batting average of .240 on the campaign. They have struck out on 512 occasions (16th in the league) and have recorded 482 hits. San Francisco has knocked in 72 home runs for the year and 283 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging % of .402 and they tally 4.97 runs per contest (4th in MLB). They have hit 99 doubles, while getting a free base 223 times as well as scoring 298 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 259 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.03 (239 earned runs given up). They have allowed 48 HR's and they concede 4.36 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.282 with a FIP of 3.43 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.10 (499 strikeouts vs 161 walks). They have a ranking of 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 524.

San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.8% out of their 77 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 61 times in high leverage situations and also on 55 occasions with runners on. With 53 save situations, the Giants have accrued 28 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. They rank 24th in MLB with a save percentage of 59.1%, and they have sent 228 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the season. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 22 save opportunities and they have walked away with 13 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 45 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in pro baseball). The Giants have 575 assists, 32 errors and have accounted for 1,604 putouts for the year. In 4,812 innings played, the Giants have a efficiency on defense of 67.7% (27th in pro baseball).

During his career, Hjelle has allowed 2 hits while he has accumulated 6 strikeouts in 4 innings pitched. Hjelle (0-0 record in his career) has a 4.50 earned run average while allowing 4.5 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 2 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.000 and a FIP of 1.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.00 and he has gone up against 17 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco

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