Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 5/19/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+100) Chicago (-120)

The Chicago White Sox (16-28) will play the Kansas City Royals (14-31) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at +100 and Chicago is coming in at -120. The total is set at 9.5. The starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Michael Kopech.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 24th in the league. They are sitting with 182 runs while holding a team OBP of .297. The Royals have hit 80 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 44 balls out of the park. They have amassed 174 RBI's as well as 353 hits this year, while their average at the plate is at .234. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .389 and have struck out 398 times, while drawing a walk on 122 occasions.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.20 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Royals pitchers have allowed 58 home runs and 244 runs in total (28th in baseball). Kansas City has yielded 397 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 230 earned runs. The Royals have an ERA of 5.26 on the season (28th in the league), and the staff has rung up 380 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 173 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.76 as a team on the year.

The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 53.8% and has come into the game in 28 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 42 runners on the campaign and 42.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. Royals pitchers have come into the game with runners on 25 times as well as having 36 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 152 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The bullpen have tallied 15 holds over the course of the season (28th in the league). They have recorded 7 saves this season and have not converted 6 of 13 save chances.

The Royals have turned 67.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,540 innings on the field, which has them sitting 21st in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 1,180 putouts this season, as well as 380 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which is 11th in pro baseball, and they have turned 38 double plays.

Greinke has taken the hill for 3,293 frames and is sitting with 2,914 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.45 (1,261 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.168. He has conceded 3,100 base hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 746 free passes. Greinke (224-145 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.49 while going up against 13,478 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Chicago White Sox have tallied a team on-base percentage of .304 as well as a team batting average of .244 so far this season. They have struck out on 368 occasions (18th in the league) and have 371 hits. Chicago has accumulated 50 long balls for the year to go along with 187 runs batted in. The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .401 and they are scoring 4.32 runs per game (19th in the league). They have put up 82 doubles, while walking 113 times as well as recording 190 runs.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.480 and have a FIP of 4.93 as a team this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.70 (419 strikeouts vs 175 walks). They are currently ranked 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 398. They have given up 66 long balls and they relinquish 5.83 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 251 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 5.32 (229 earned runs relinquished).

With 39 save situations, the White Sox have earned 24 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 15 save opportunities and they have converted 7 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 59 times in high leverage situations in addition to 45 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 50.7% of 69 inherited runners. They are ranked 28th in baseball holding a save percentage of 46.7%, and they have dispatched 153 relievers to the hill for the season.

In their 3,489 innings on the diamond, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.0% (28th in baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 28 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in MLB). The White Sox have racked up 309 assists, 24 errors and have accumulated 1,163 putouts this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Kopech has given up 197 hits and he has 264 strikeouts in 245 innings. He has surrendered 109 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.255 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. His K/BB ratio is 2.38 and he has gone up against 1,039 batters during his career. Kopech (11-17 career mark) has a 4.00 ERA while surrendering 7.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago (-120)

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