San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, August 26, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals (51-75) host the San Diego Padres (68-58) at Kauffman Stadium on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Joe Musgrove and Kris Bubic.

The Padres have tallied 217 doubles as a unit and have knocked 110 balls out of the stadium. San Diego has a slugging rate of .377 and have struck out 1,032 times, while being walked on 454 occasions. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are earning 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in baseball. They have recorded 528 RBI's in addition to 1,018 base knocks on the year, and their batting average comes in at .240. They have racked up 546 runs scored and hold an OBP of .319.

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Padres pitchers have relinquished 127 home runs and 505 total runs (11th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 360 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.74 as a squad over the course of the season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.21. The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 3.76 this season (9th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,116 batters.

Padres pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 96 times as well as having 130 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have racked up 56 holds over the course of the season (22nd in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 67.9% and has stepped onto the mound in 116 save situations. They have recorded 38 saves over the course of the season and have blown 18 out of their 56 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 149 runners on the season with 40.3% of those runners ended up scoring. The Padres have sent 363 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres have earned a total of 3,363 putouts thus far, as well as 1,103 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which ranks 6th in pro baseball, and have a total of 94 double plays. The Padres have converted 70.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,089 innings, which has them sitting 10th in professional baseball.

Musgrove has taken the ball for 817 innings and has 804 strikeouts during his career. His earned run average is 3.83 (348 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.162. He has given up 745 base knocks (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 204 free passes. Musgrove (48-53 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.77 while he has faced 3,393 batters in the major leagues.

The Royals have a SLG% of .375 and they have an average of 3.82 runs per contest (24th in the league). They have recorded 185 doubles, while walking 363 times and scoring 481 runs. Kansas City has compiled 104 long balls for the season as well as 462 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,003 occasions (20th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,017 base hits. The Kansas City Royals have tallied a team OBP of .305 and a team batting average of .242 on the season.

The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 630 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.65 (571 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 136 home runs and they allow 5.14 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.470 and have a FIP of 4.48 as a team this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.93 (917 strikeouts against 476 bases on balls). They sit at 29th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,147.

Kansas City relievers hold an inherited score rate of 29.7% out of 229 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 140 times in high leverage situations in addition to 142 occasions with base runners. With 114 save situations, the Royals have amassed 66 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. They sit at 18th in baseball with a save rate of 61.4%, and they have dispatched 431 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the season. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 44 save chances and they have earned 27 saves.

In 9,939 innings on the field, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (27th in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 115 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in MLB). The Royals have recorded 1,174 assists, 69 errors and have a total of 3,313 putouts for the season.

In his pro baseball career, Bubic has surrendered 282 hits while he has tallied 243 punch outs in 275 innings. He has given up a total of 144 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.493 and having a FIP of 4.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.88 and he has gone up against 1,211 batters in his career. Bubic (9-21 career mark) holds a 4.71 ERA while giving up 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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