Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 8/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, August 7, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (57-51) are hosting the Kansas City Royals (35-75) at Fenway Park on Monday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Cole Ragans and Kutter Crawford.

Kansas City has a slugging % of .382 and have been called out on strikes 955 times, while drawing a walk on 269 occasions. They have accumulated 397 RBI's and 861 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is .237. The Royals have accumulated 178 doubles as a squad and have hit 98 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 414 runs and have an on-base percentage of .296. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which is 29th in MLB.

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The Royals hold a team earned run average of 5.17 for the year (28th in baseball), and they have struck out 852 batters. Royals pitchers have given up 130 home runs and 578 runs in total (28th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 385 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.61 as a team over the course of the season. Kansas City has allowed 964 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 545 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.21 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.42.

The Royals have dispatched 359 relievers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 118 runners on the campaign with 39.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 16 saves over the course of the season and have blown 16 of 32 save opportunities. The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 72 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 40 holds this season (28th in the league). Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 72 times in addition to having 89 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have transformed 68.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 8,544 innings on the field, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned 2,848 putouts this season, as well as 923 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which has them ranked 11th in the majors, and have 80 double plays.

Ragans (3-6 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.62 while going up against 325 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 74 hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 33 free passes. His earned run average is 4.66 (39 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.420. Ragans has thrown 75 frames and has accounted for 62 K's during his pro baseball career.

Boston has 121 home runs for the year to go along with 512 runs batted in. They have tallied 238 doubles, while taking a walk 334 times and scoring 535 runs. The Boston Red Sox have earned an OBP of .330 and a team batting average of .263 so far this year. The Red Sox have a team slugging percentage of .433 and they average 4.95 runs per game (6th in the league). They have struck out on 885 occasions (21st in the league) and have earned a total of 974 base hits.

The Red Sox have a team WHIP of 1.294 and have a FIP of 4.28 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.80 (934 strikeouts vs 307 walks). They are currently ranked 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 926. They have surrendered 135 long balls and they surrender 4.65 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball). The Boston pitching staff have given up 492 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.27 (452 earned runs allowed).

Boston has called on relievers to take the mound in 40 save opportunities and they have earned 31 saves. They are currently ranked 1st in baseball holding a save rate of 77.5%, and they have dispatched 334 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 94 times in high leverage situations and also on 75 occasions with runners on. Boston relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.1% of 113 inherited base runners. With 89 save situations, the Red Sox have accrued 49 holds in addition to 9 blown saves.

In their 8,577 innings on the field, the Red Sox hold a efficiency on defense of 68.1% (27th in MLB). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 95 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (30th in professional baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 955 assists, 74 errors and have earned a total of 2,859 putouts on the season.

So far in his career, Crawford has given up 156 hits while he has tallied 160 strikeouts in 161 innings. He has given up a total of 85 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.277 and a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 3.20 and he has faced 676 batters in his pro baseball career. Crawford (8-12 career mark) has earned a 4.74 ERA and has surrendered 8.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston

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