Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 5/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

The Kansas City Royals (9-17) are en route to Globe Life Field on Wednesday where they will play the Texas Rangers (11-16). The expected starting pitchers are Brady Singer and A.J. Alexy.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .315 and have been called out on strikes 184 times, while drawing a walk on 72 occasions. They have compiled 71 runs batted in in addition to 189 hits so far this season, and their batting average comes in at .220. The Royals have tallied 34 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 13 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 79 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .285. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are recording 3.0 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in MLB.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 4.58 this year (27th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 178 batters. They have walked 94 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.12 as a unit this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.89 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.39. Royals pitchers have yielded 22 home runs and also 123 runs in total (21st in baseball).

The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 50.0% and has entered the game in 21 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 48 runners on the year and 35.4% of them ended up scoring. Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 35 times in addition to having 40 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 98 relievers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have racked up 10 holds for the year (27th in the league). They have tallied 5 saves for the season and have not converted 5 of 10 save chances.

The Royals have converted 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,070 innings, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 690 putouts so far this season, as well as 243 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which has them ranked 2nd in baseball, and have accumulated 29 double plays.

Singer has taken the hill for 198 frames and has totaled 198 strikeouts in his MLB career. Singer (9-15 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.06 while he has faced 875 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.67 (103 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.422. He has conceded 205 base knocks (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has 77 walks.

The Rangers hold a slugging percentage of .334 and they are scoring 4.04 runs per game (15th in baseball). They have recorded 31 doubles, while taking a walk 80 times as well as putting up 109 runs. Texas has recorded 24 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 103 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 219 instances (26th in MLB) and have earned a total of 195 hits. The Texas Rangers have accounted for a team OBP of .285 and a batting average of .217 so far this year.

The Texas pitching staff have yielded 112 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (105 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 35 homers and they give up 4.24 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.273 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.47 as a team on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 (238 strikeouts vs 103 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 200.

Texas has had relievers enter the contest in 8 save opportunities and they have earned 5 saves. They are ranked 25th in the league holding a save rate of 62.5%, and they have sent 107 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 33 times in high leverage situations in addition to 27 occasions with runners on base. Texas relievers have an inherited score rate of 22.0% of 41 inherited runners. With 22 save situations, the Rangers have earned 14 holds in addition to 3 blown saves.

The Texas Rangers have turned 25 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in professional baseball). The Rangers have accrued 254 assists, 16 errors and have earned a total of 714 putouts so far this year. Out of their 2,142 innings played, the Rangers hold a efficiency on defense of 71.6% (10th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Alexy has allowed 13 hits while totaling 17 punch outs in 23 frames. Alexy (3-1 record in his career) has earned a 4.70 ERA and has conceded 5.1 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 12 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.304 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.00 and he has faced 97 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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