Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+130) Arizona (-150)

The Kansas City Royals (5-17) are headed to Chase Field on Tuesday where they will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (12-11). The odds on this game have the Royals at +130 while the Diamondbacks are priced at -150. The over/under comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Ryne Nelson.

Kansas City is slugging .338 and have struck out 202 times, while drawing a walk on 49 occasions. They have tallied 68 RBI's as well as 153 hits this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .211. The Royals have tallied 31 doubles as a unit and have hit 17 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 73 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .268. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are earning 3.3 runs per outing, which is 28th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.69 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41. Royals pitchers have yielded 34 home runs and also 124 runs in total (27th in the league). Kansas City has given up 205 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and also 119 earned runs. The Royals are sitting with a team ERA of 5.50 so far this season (28th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 183 batters. They have walked 68 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.91 as a squad this year.

The Royals have sent 70 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 22 runners this season and 50.0% of those runners crossed the plate. They have compiled 3 saves so far this year and have blown 3 of 6 chances to get a save. The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 9 save situations. The relievers have a total of 3 holds for the season (29th in baseball). Royals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 13 times in addition to having 14 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 584 putouts this year, in addition to 178 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .992 which is 3rd in baseball, and have a total of 16 double plays. The Royals have turned 68.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,752 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 21st in baseball.

Singer (20-22 career record) has a FIP of 3.94 and he has faced 1,563 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 364 base hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 117 walks. His earned run average is 4.24 (173 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.311. Singer has taken the mound for 367 innings and has totaled 361 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Diamondbacks hold a slugging percentage of .423 and they are scoring 4.78 runs per game (12th in the league). They have 51 doubles, while walking 45 times and putting up 110 runs. Arizona has recorded 21 HRs on the campaign as well as 106 runs batted in. They have struck out on 173 occasions (27th in MLB) and have totaled 203 hits. The Arizona Diamondbacks have tallied an on-base percentage of .306 as well as a team batting average of .261 on the year.

The Arizona pitching staff have conceded 114 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.84 (108 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 32 HR's and they allow 5.10 runs per 9 innings (22nd in MLB). The Diamondbacks have a WHIP of 1.353 in addition to having a FIP of 5.08 as a unit on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (192 strikeouts vs 99 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 9th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 173.

With 17 save situations, the Diamondbacks have accumulated 8 holds and also 3 blown saves. Arizona has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 9 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 19 times in high leverage situations in addition to 23 occasions with base runners. Arizona relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 39 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 10th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 77 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

In their 1,809 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (3rd in pro baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 18 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .992 (4th in the majors). The Diamondbacks have recorded 221 assists, 7 errors and have 603 putouts for the year.

Thus far in his career, Nelson has allowed 27 base hits while he has totaled 30 punch outs in 40 frames. Nelson (2-1 career record) has earned a 3.35 earned run average while giving up 6.0 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 15 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.017 and having a FIP of 4.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 and he has faced 160 hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona (-150)

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