Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, May 8, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-145) Kansas City (+125)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (9-26) will try to beat the Chicago White Sox (12-23) on Monday. The odds on this game have Chicago at -145 while Kansas City is opening at +125. The total has been set at 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Dylan Cease and Zack Greinke.

As a squad, the Chicago White Sox are earning 4.1 runs per game, which has them at 23rd in the league. They are sitting with 138 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .300. The White Sox have tallied 62 doubles as a team and have hit 35 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 135 RBI's in addition to 274 hits this season, while their batting average is at .234. Chicago has a slugging % of .379 and have been rung up 296 times, while drawing a walk on 93 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.33 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.52. White Sox pitchers have given up 54 home runs and also 205 runs in total (29th in MLB). Chicago has allowed 309 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 185 earned runs. The White Sox have compiled a team ERA of 5.54 for the season (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 343 batters. They have walked 147 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 5.10 as a team on the season.

White Sox relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 38 times and also have had 50 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 21 holds on the campaign (8th in MLB). The White Sox relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 41.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 33 save situations. They have recorded 5 saves over the course of the season and have blown 7 of their 12 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 55 base runners on the year with 49.1% of those runners ended up scoring. The White Sox have sent 123 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Chicago White Sox have earned 901 putouts on the year, as well as 240 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which ranks 20th in professional baseball, and have earned 22 double plays. The White Sox have turned 66.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 2,703 innings on the field, which has them sitting 28th in MLB.

Cease has pitched in 516 innings and has accumulated 621 strikeouts in his career. Cease (38-27 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.95 and he has gone up against 2,200 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.63 (208 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.276. He has conceded 425 base knocks (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 234 free passes.

The Royals hold a slugging % of .384 and they tally 3.85 runs per game (26th in baseball). They have notched 60 two-baggers, while taking a walk 95 times as well as earning 131 runs. Kansas City has accumulated 31 HRs on the campaign as well as 123 runs batted in. They have struck out on 301 occasions (13th in the league) and have 266 base knocks. The Kansas City Royals have earned an OBP of .297 and a batting average of .233 so far this year.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.501 and have a FIP of 4.94 as a team on the year. They have a ranking of 28th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 320. The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 201 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 5.81 (192 earned runs yielded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (290 strikeouts vs 126 bases on balls). They have relinquished 48 long balls and they relinquish 6.09 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB).

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 45.5% out of their 33 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 23 times in high leverage situations and on 20 occasions with base runners. With 16 save situations, the Royals have accumulated 7 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. They are currently ranked 26th in the league holding a save percentage of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 114 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 9 save chances and they have earned 5 saves.

In 2,679 innings played, the Royals hold a efficiency on defense of 66.9% (26th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 26 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (5th in pro baseball). The Royals have 273 assists, 12 errors and have 893 putouts so far this season.

Greinke (224-145 mark in his career) has a 3.44 ERA and has allowed 8.5 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.90 and he has gone up against 13,436 hitters so far in his career. He has allowed 1,256 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.168 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. Thus far in his career, Greinke has surrendered 3,091 base knocks while he has accumulated 2,907 strikeouts in 3,283 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Chicago (-145)

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