Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, June 27, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Kauffman Stadium is the site where the Kansas City Royals (25-43) will try to defeat the Texas Rangers (33-35) on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Martin Perez and Jon Heasley.

Texas has a slugging rate of .391 and have struck out 585 times, while being walked on 186 occasions. They have 278 RBI's and 544 base knocks this year, while their batting average is .236. The Rangers have hit 86 doubles as a team and have hit 86 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 298 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .295. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are putting up 4.4 runs per outing, which has them at 15th in MLB.

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Rangers pitchers have yielded 65 long balls in addition to 293 total runs (15th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 237 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.97 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.40 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 3.97 so far this season (18th in the league), and they have struck out 568 batters.

Rangers bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 56 times in addition to having 79 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 40 holds on the year (13th in baseball). The Rangers relievers have a save percentage of 60.7% and stepped onto the hill in 68 save situations. They have recorded 17 saves so far this season and have not converted 11 of their 28 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 85 base runners on the year and 31.8% of them crossed the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 235 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Texas Rangers have earned 1,817 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 625 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .982 which is 23rd in the majors, and they have twisted 56 double plays. The Rangers have converted 69.7% of balls in play into outs in their 5,451 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 14th in baseball.

Perez has pitched in 1,190 innings and has earned 811 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Perez (68-71 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.40 and he has gone up against 5,177 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.51 (596 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.455. He has allowed 1,309 hits (9.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 422 walks.

Kansas City has compiled 53 home runs for the season to go along with 247 RBIs. They have hit 109 doubles, while getting a free base 202 times as well as putting up 261 runs. The Kansas City Royals have earned an OBP of .302 and a team batting average of .237 so far this year. The Royals hold a team slugging percentage of .368 and they average 3.84 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 521 occasions (27th in baseball) and have a total of 546 hits.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.477 with a FIP of 4.57 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 26th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 610. The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 352 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.99 (331 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.81 (491 strikeouts vs 272 free passes). They have relinquished 73 home runs and they relinquish 5.31 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball).

Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 31.5% of 146 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 77 times in high leverage situations and also on 91 occasions with runners on. With 56 save situations, the Royals have 32 holds and also 9 blown saves. They rank 24th in MLB with a save rate of 59.1%, and they have sent 250 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season. Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 22 save chances and they have earned 13 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 58 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in the majors). The Royals have accrued 628 assists, 29 errors and are sitting with 1,791 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 5,373 innings played, the Royals have a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (21st in the majors).

Heasley (2-4 career mark) is the owner of a 4.34 earned run average while giving up 8.0 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 1.52 and he has gone up against 239 hitters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 27 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.339 and a FIP of 5.7. Thus far in his career, Heasley has allowed 50 hits and he has 38 K's in 56 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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