Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/24/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Monday, April 24, 2023

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Chase Field is the site where the Arizona Diamondbacks (12-10) will attempt to defeat the Kansas City Royals (5-16) on Monday. The expected starting pitchers are Brad Keller and Tommy Henry.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .329 and have struck out 193 times, while being walked on 48 occasions. They have earned 65 RBI's and 145 hits this year, while their average at the plate sits at .210. The Royals have hit 31 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 14 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 70 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .267. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are knocking in 3.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 28th in the league.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.61 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. Royals pitchers have conceded 31 home runs and also 120 runs in total (27th in the league). Kansas City has given up 198 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 115 earned runs. The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 5.54 on the campaign (29th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 175 batters. They have walked 67 opposing players and their FIP is 4.87 as a squad on the campaign.

Royals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 13 times as well as having 14 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 3 holds for the season (29th in MLB). The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 9 save situations. They have accumulated 3 saves for the year and have blown 3 of their 6 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 22 base runners on the year and 50.0% of them ended up scoring. The Royals have dispatched 68 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Royals have converted 68.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,680 innings, which has them sitting at 22nd in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have amassed 560 putouts for the season, in addition to 172 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding rate is at .993 which has them ranked 2nd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 16 double plays.

Keller (37-51 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.21 and he has gone up against 2,824 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 651 base knocks (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 271 walks. His ERA is 4.21 (306 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.408. Keller has taken the hill for 654 innings and is sitting with 493 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

Arizona has hit 18 HRs this season and 101 runs batted in. They have 50 doubles, while getting a free base 40 times as well as racking up 105 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks have recorded a team on-base percentage of .307 in addition to a team batting average of .264 this year. The Diamondbacks have a team slugging percentage of .416 and they are earning 4.77 runs per game (13th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 165 occasions (27th in MLB) and have totaled 197 hits.

The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.344 in addition to having a FIP of 5.11 as a unit so far this season. They rank 11th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 165. The Arizona pitching staff have conceded 107 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.73 (101 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 8.70 (185 strikeouts against 93 walks). They have surrendered 31 homers and they give up 5.02 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league).

Arizona relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 26.3% out of their 38 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 19 times in high leverage situations in addition to 22 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 17 save situations, the Diamondbacks have earned 8 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. They sit at 11th in baseball with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 72 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Arizona has had relief pitchers take the mound in 9 save chances and they have earned 6 saves.

In 1,728 innings on the diamond, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (3rd in baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 17 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .991 (5th in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have racked up 214 assists, 7 errors and have earned 576 putouts for the season.

In his pro baseball career, Henry has allowed 47 hits while tallying 36 K's in 47 frames. He has conceded a total of 28 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.447 and having a FIP of 5.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.71 and he has faced 205 hitters so far in his career. Henry (3-4 career win-loss mark) has earned a 5.36 ERA while giving up 9.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Arizona

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