Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-130) Kansas City (+110)

The Kansas City Royals (7-22) will try to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (19-9) at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday. The odds on this game have Baltimore at -130 and Kansas City is priced at +110. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Tyler Wells and Ryan Yarbrough.

Baltimore is slugging .426 and have been called out on strikes 222 times, while being walked on 109 occasions. They have 142 runs batted in as well as 238 hits this season, while their batting average is at .256. The Orioles have accrued 50 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 34 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 147 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .335. As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles are notching 5.3 runs per game, which has them at 6th in baseball.

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The Orioles have a team ERA of 4.22 so far this year (14th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 263 hitters. Orioles pitchers have given up 30 long balls in addition to 122 total runs (13th in the league). They have walked 89 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.04 as a squad this year. Baltimore has conceded 234 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 117 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.96 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30.

The Orioles relievers have earned a save percentage of 64.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 44 save situations. The relievers have inherited 59 runners this season and 30.5% of them crossed the plate. Orioles relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 39 times in addition to having 45 appearances in high leverage situations. The Orioles have sent 104 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have accumulated 29 holds so far this season (1st in the league). They have earned 9 saves this season and have not converted 5 of 14 chances to save the game.

The Orioles have converted 68.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,247 innings, which has them sitting 22nd in the majors. The Baltimore Orioles have a tally of 749 putouts thus far, in addition to 233 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them sitting 15th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 29 double plays.

Wells has thrown 189 innings and has racked up 164 punch outs in his career. His earned run average is 3.99 (84 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.007. He has allowed 148 base knocks (7.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 43 free passes. Wells (10-11 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.16 while he has faced 752 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Kansas City Royals have compiled an OBP of .279 as well as a team batting average of .220 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 267 occasions (7th in MLB) and have accounted for 213 base knocks. Kansas City has compiled 20 home runs this year to go along with 88 RBIs. The Royals have a team slugging % of .345 and they have an average of 3.31 runs per contest (29th in MLB). They have 47 two-baggers, while walking 70 times as well as scoring 96 runs.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.427 and have a FIP of 4.85 as a squad on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (247 strikeouts vs 97 bases on balls). They sit at 28th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 263. They have relinquished 41 dingers and they concede 5.71 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff have yielded 160 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 5.50 (154 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 13 save situations, the Royals have earned 5 holds and also 3 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 8 save chances and they have come away with 5 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 20 times in high leverage situations and on 16 occasions with base runners. Kansas City bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 50.0% of 26 inherited base runners. They rank 17th in the league with a save rate of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 94 relievers to the mound so far this season.

In their 2,274 innings on the diamond, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (24th in the majors). The Kansas City Royals have turned 22 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .992 (3rd in baseball). The Royals have racked up 232 assists, 8 errors and have accumulated 758 putouts this season.

Thus far in his career, Yarbrough has given up 585 base hits and he has 474 punch outs in 596 innings. He has given up a total of 291 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.207 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.51 and he has gone up against 2,508 hitters thus far in his career. Yarbrough (40-34 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.39 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+110)

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