Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-120) Kansas City (+100)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (26-45) will try to defeat the Texas Rangers (34-37) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Rangers at -120 and the Royals are at +100. The over/under is 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Jon Gray and Jon Heasley.

Texas has a slugging rate of .391 and have been rung up 607 times, while drawing a walk on 194 occasions. They have accumulated 286 runs batted in and 566 hits for the year, while their batting average comes in at .236. The Rangers have tallied 89 doubles as a squad and have hit 90 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 306 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .295. As a unit, the Texas Rangers are compiling 4.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 17th in MLB.

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The Rangers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.94 on the year (17th in the league), and they have struck out 586 hitters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. Rangers pitchers have conceded 66 long balls and 303 runs (13th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 249 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a unit on the season.

The Rangers relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 58.6% and has entered the game in 69 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 86 runners on the season with 31.4% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Rangers relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 57 times as well as having 83 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have sent 246 relievers to the mound this year. The relievers have tallied 40 holds for the year (14th in the league). They have tallied 17 saves so far this season and have blown 12 of their 29 chances to save the game.

The Rangers have converted 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,694 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball. The Texas Rangers have earned 1,898 putouts this year, in addition to 659 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which has them ranked 23rd in professional baseball, and have 61 double plays.

Gray has taken the ball for 894 innings and has accumulated 917 strikeouts during his career. Gray (56-52 career record) has a FIP of 3.88 while he has gone up against 3,823 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.56 (453 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.327. He has given up 883 base hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) with 303 walks.

The Royals have a team SLG% of .371 and they are earning 3.86 runs per game (27th in the league). They have hit 114 two-baggers, while taking a walk 216 times as well as recording 274 runs. Kansas City has accounted for 57 home runs this year to go along with 260 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 543 occasions (27th in MLB) and are sitting with 570 base knocks. The Kansas City Royals have an OBP of .303 and a team batting average of .237 for the season.

The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 367 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.98 (345 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 75 long balls and they yield 5.29 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.470 and have a FIP of 4.51 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.84 (513 strikeouts against 279 walks). They are currently ranked 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 638.

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.3% out of 150 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 79 times in high leverage situations and on 94 occasions with runners on. With 59 save situations, the Royals have compiled 34 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. They are ranked 22nd in baseball holding a save rate of 60.9%, and they have dispatched 259 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Kansas City has had relievers step onto the mound in 23 save opportunities and they have earned 14 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 58 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in the majors). The Royals have recorded 653 assists, 30 errors and have accounted for 1,872 putouts this season. In their 5,616 innings on the field, the Royals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (22nd in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Heasley has surrendered 50 base hits while he has earned 38 strikeouts in 56 frames. Heasley (2-4 career record) is the owner of a 4.34 ERA and has surrendered 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 27 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.339 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.52 and he has gone up against 239 opposing hitters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+100)

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