Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals (36-56) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (51-41) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The pitchers expected to start will be Luis Patino and Brady Singer.

Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .384 and have been called out on strikes 809 times, while being walked on 274 occasions. They have 367 RBI's as well as 742 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .240. The Rays have recorded 164 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 86 balls out of the park. They have a total of 388 runs and have an OBP of .307. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.2 runs per contest, which has them at 19th in baseball.

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The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.38 this season (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 802 batters. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.49 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.14. Rays pitchers have conceded 105 long balls and 359 runs (6th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 230 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.81 as a unit this year.

Rays relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 84 times as well as having 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 67 holds on the year (1st in MLB). The Rays bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 54.0% and has entered the game in 118 save situations. They have accumulated 27 saves so far this year and have not converted 23 of their 50 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 114 base runners for the season with 22.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Rays have dispatched 334 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have earned a total of 2,465 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 778 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which ranks 14th in the majors, and they have turned 66 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.3% of balls in play into outs in their 7,395 innings, which has them ranked 5th in MLB.

Patino (6-4 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.98 and he has faced 437 hitters during his time in the majors. He has given up 92 base hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 44 walks. His earned run average is 4.56 (50 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.378. Patino has taken the ball for 98 innings and has tallied 95 K's in his career.

The Royals have a team slugging percentage of .378 and they are recording 3.90 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have 142 doubles, while walking 271 times as well as recording 359 runs. Kansas City is sitting with 76 home runs on the year as well as 342 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 706 occasions (27th in MLB) and have notched a total of 756 base hits. The Kansas City Royals hold a team on-base percentage of .308 in addition to a team batting average of .244 this season.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.478 and have a FIP of 4.48 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.89 (670 strikeouts against 354 bases on balls). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 840. They have yielded 98 home runs and they surrender 5.22 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 469 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.80 (431 earned runs allowed).

Sitting with 88 save situations, the Royals have 51 holds and also 12 blown saves. Kansas City has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 33 save opportunities and they have earned 21 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 110 times in high leverage situations in addition to 111 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.9% out of their 174 inherited base runners. They are ranked 16th in the league with a save percentage of 63.6%, and they have dispatched 327 relief pitchers onto the field over the course of the season.

In 7,272 innings on the field, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (27th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 80 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in professional baseball). The Royals have accrued 854 assists, 46 errors and have accumulated 2,424 putouts for the season.

In his career, Singer has surrendered 269 base knocks and he has 261 strikeouts in 264 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 131 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.373 and a FIP of 4.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.78 and he has faced 1,144 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Singer (13-18 record in his career) has earned a 4.46 earned run average while allowing 9.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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