Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Friday, July 7, 2023

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+155) Cleveland (-180)

The Cleveland Guardians (42-44) are welcoming the Kansas City Royals (25-62) at Progressive Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Royals at +155 while the Guardians are opening at -180. The over/under is set at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Daniel Lynch and Aaron Civale.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .371 and have struck out 792 times, while drawing a walk on 229 occasions. They have accumulated 311 RBI's in addition to 672 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is sitting at .232. The Royals have tallied 137 doubles as a unit and have smacked 76 balls out of the stadium. They have 326 runs while having a team OBP of .295. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 29th in the league.

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The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.29 on the season (28th in the league), and they have struck out 697 batters. Royals pitchers have allowed 102 home runs in addition to 472 total runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 321 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.59 as a squad on the year. Kansas City has conceded 771 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 445 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.17 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.44.

The Royals relievers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 49 save situations. The relievers have inherited 99 base runners for the season with 39.4% of them ended up scoring. Royals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 59 times in addition to having 71 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 286 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have a total of 25 holds for the year (28th in baseball). They have compiled 12 saves for the year and have blown 12 out of their 24 save opportunities.

The Kansas City Royals have earned 2,272 putouts on the year, in addition to 729 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which is 13th in the majors, and have a total of 64 double plays. The Royals have converted 67.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,816 innings, which has them sitting 24th in baseball.

Lynch (10-22 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.72 and he has gone up against 1,086 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 273 base knocks (10.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 96 walks. His earned run average is 5.12 (137 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.531. Lynch has taken the ball for 241 innings and has tallied 205 punch outs thus far in his career.

The Guardians have a team slugging percentage of .371 and they tally 4.01 runs per game (27th in baseball). They have recorded 156 doubles, while taking a walk 259 times and scoring 345 runs. Cleveland is sitting with 56 long balls so far this year to go along with 320 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 615 occasions (29th in the league) and have earned 727 hits. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated an OBP of .313 and a batting average of .248 on the campaign.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.269 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a pitching staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 7.80 (674 strikeouts vs 264 free passes). They are currently ranked 15th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 718. They have conceded 89 home runs and they give up 4.20 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 361 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.86 (332 earned runs relinquished).

Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 44 save chances and they have earned 27 saves. They are ranked 16th in baseball with a save rate of 61.4%, and they have dispatched 278 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Their relievers have taken the field 115 times in high leverage situations in addition to 76 occasions with runners on. Cleveland relievers hold an inherited score rate of 20.0% of 95 inherited base runners. Sitting with 92 save situations, the Guardians have earned 46 holds and also 17 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 57 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in pro baseball). The Guardians have racked up 797 assists, 41 errors and have earned 2,323 putouts so far this year. In 6,969 innings on the field, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (6th in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Civale has allowed 365 hits while earning 347 strikeouts in 398 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 175 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.169 and having a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 3.44 and he has faced 1,634 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career. Civale (26-23 career win-loss mark) has a 3.95 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+155)

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