Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 9/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Boston Red Sox (69-65) are headed to Kauffman Stadium on Saturday where they will take on the Kansas City Royals (41-94). The pitchers taking the mound will be Tanner Houck and Alec Marsh.

The Red Sox have compiled 291 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 159 balls out of the stadium. Boston owns a slugging percentage of .438 and have been called out on strikes 1,084 times, while taking a walk on 412 occasions. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are recording 5.0 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in MLB. They have accounted for 638 runs batted in in addition to 1,218 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is .265. They have accumulated 665 runs scored and hold an OBP of .331.

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The Red Sox hold a team earned run average of 4.48 so far this year (19th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,159 hitters. Red Sox pitchers have conceded 176 home runs and 638 total runs (19th in the league). They have walked 399 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.42 as a unit on the season. Boston has yielded 1,192 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 589 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.90 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34.

The Red Sox have dispatched 422 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 145 runners for the year with 28.3% of them earned a run for their team. They have earned 39 saves for the year and have not converted 12 of 51 save opportunities. The Red Sox relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 76.5% and has entered the game in 112 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 60 holds over the course of the season (25th in the league). Red Sox pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 95 times as well as having 119 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Red Sox have transformed 67.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,656 innings, which has them sitting 27th in professional baseball. The Boston Red Sox have 3,552 putouts this year, as well as 1,202 assists and 92 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .981 which has them ranked 30th in MLB, and have 117 double plays.

Houck has taken the hill for 222 innings and has earned 234 strikeouts thus far in his career. Houck (12-17 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.48 while he has gone up against 921 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.68 (91 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.181. He has surrendered 183 hits (7.4 hits per nine innings) with 80 walks.

The Royals have a slugging percentage of .389 and they are recording 3.93 runs per game (29th in MLB). They have recorded 217 two-baggers, while getting a free base 325 times and recording 530 runs. Kansas City has knocked in 128 home runs for the season to go along with 510 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,153 occasions (16th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,083 hits. The Kansas City Royals have compiled an on-base percentage of .297 in addition to a team batting average of .240 over the course of the season.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.417 in addition to having a FIP of 4.73 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.20 (1,068 strikeouts against 464 bases on balls). They come in at 26th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,198. They have yielded 175 homers and they allow 5.54 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 722 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 5.23 (681 earned runs given up).

Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 36.7% of 150 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 111 times in high leverage situations and on 93 occasions with runners on. With 90 save situations, the Royals have compiled 51 holds in addition to 20 blown saves. They are currently ranked 27th in the league with a save rate of 48.7%, and they have sent 440 relievers to the hill for the season. Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 39 save opportunities and they have come away with 19 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 102 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in professional baseball). The Royals have recorded 1,157 assists, 64 errors and have notched a total of 3,519 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 10,557 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.3% (23rd in the majors).

During his MLB career, Marsh has conceded 50 base hits while he has accumulated 59 K's in 49 innings. Marsh (0-7 mark in his career) has a 5.47 earned run average and has allowed 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 30 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.561 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.19 and he has gone up against 227 batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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