Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 9/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Monday, September 11, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

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

The Chicago White Sox (55-88) are welcoming the Kansas City Royals (44-99) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday. The line on this contest has Kansas City at +100 while Chicago is sitting at -120. The over/under is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Brady Singer and Dylan Cease.

The Royals have accounted for 233 doubles as a squad and have knocked 143 baseballs out of the park. Kansas City has a slugging % of .396 and have been rung up 1,225 times, while drawing a walk on 352 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 27th in MLB. They have accumulated 558 runs batted in and 1,160 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .242. They have notched a total of 579 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .300.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 5.21 so far this year (28th in the league), and they have struck out 1,121 hitters. Royals pitchers have conceded 187 long balls and 763 total runs (28th in MLB). They have walked 479 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.73 as a team this year. Kansas City has surrendered 1,271 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 719 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.41.

Royals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 100 times as well as having 114 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 52 holds on the year (29th in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 47.5% and has entered the game in 92 save situations. They have accumulated 19 saves so far this season and have not converted 21 out of their 40 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 161 runners over the course of the season with 37.3% of those players crossed the plate. The Royals have sent 464 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Royals have turned 68.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 11,187 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 24th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 3,729 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,239 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .986 which has them sitting 12th in baseball, and have 109 double plays.

Singer has taken the mound for 121 innings and has tallied 91 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.72 (50 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.314. He has surrendered 122 hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) with 37 free passes. Singer (10-5 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.66 while going up against 513 batters during his time in the majors.

Chicago has 156 home runs on the campaign and 558 RBIs. They have hit 234 doubles, while taking a walk 334 times as well as putting up 582 runs. The Chicago White Sox have accounted for an OBP of .295 and a batting average of .240 so far this season. The White Sox hold a slugging % of .390 and they earn 4.10 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have struck out on 1,248 occasions (12th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,164 base hits.

The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 735 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.88 (681 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 196 long balls and they relinquish 5.27 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.418 with a FIP of 4.78 as a pitching staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.40 (1,306 strikeouts vs 578 walks). They come in at 19th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,203.

With 117 save situations, the White Sox have tallied 65 holds in addition to 27 blown saves. Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 51 save opportunities and they have earned 24 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 168 times in high leverage situations and on 137 occasions with runners on. Chicago relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 35.7% of 196 inherited runners. They are ranked 30th in the league with a save rate of 47.1%, and they have dispatched 455 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Chicago White Sox have turned 102 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in pro baseball). The White Sox have accrued 1,076 assists, 79 errors and are sitting with 3,770 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 11,310 innings played, the White Sox have earned a efficiency on defense of 68.6% (21st in pro baseball).

Cease (1-7 career mark) has a 4.38 earned run average and has allowed 9.6 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 and he has faced 315 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 36 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.378 and having a FIP of 5.0. In his MLB career, Cease has surrendered 79 hits and he has 48 K's in 74 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago (-120)

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