Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 6/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-105) Detroit (-115)

The Detroit Tigers (31-40) will play the Kansas City Royals (19-53) at Comerica Park on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Royals at -105 while the Tigers are at -115. The total is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Matthew Boyd.

The Royals have accounted for 113 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 67 balls out of the park. Kansas City has a slugging % of .378 and have been called out on strikes 640 times, while being walked on 194 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which has them at 29th in MLB. They have accrued 257 RBI's in addition to 559 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .233. They have accumulated 271 runs scored while having a team OBP of .297.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 5.24 so far this year (28th in MLB), and they have struck out 598 batters. Royals pitchers have given up 86 long balls and also 385 total runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 265 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.54 as a team for the year. Kansas City has allowed 626 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 365 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.26 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42.

The Royals have dispatched 240 relievers to the mound on the year. The relievers have inherited 79 runners this year with 43.0% of those players earned a run for their team. They have compiled 9 saves so far this season and have blown 10 out of their 19 chances to get a save. The Royals relievers have recorded a save percentage of 47.4% and has come into the game in 41 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 22 holds on the season (28th in the league). Royals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 48 times and also have had 57 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have 1,882 putouts this year, as well as 602 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which ranks 15th in the majors, and they have turned 55 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,646 innings on the field, ranking them 23rd in pro baseball.

Singer has taken the ball for 415 innings and has earned 407 strikeouts so far in his career. Singer (23-26 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.95 and he has gone up against 1,789 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.40 (203 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.350. He has given up 422 base hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 139 free passes.

Detroit has compiled 66 home runs on the season as well as 259 RBIs. They have recorded 112 doubles, while walking 239 times and scoring 268 runs. The Detroit Tigers hold a team on-base percentage of .302 and a batting average of .230 this year. The Tigers have a team SLG% of .366 and they average 3.77 runs per game (28th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 635 occasions (15th in baseball) and have tallied 553 hits.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.242 and have a FIP of 4.28 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.30 (581 strikeouts vs 201 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 584. They have given up 87 home runs and they concede 4.87 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 342 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.46 (313 earned runs relinquished).

With 65 save situations, the Tigers have tallied 36 holds and also 11 blown saves. Detroit has had relievers take the mound in 27 save chances and they have walked away with 16 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 80 times in high leverage situations and also on 78 occasions with base runners. Detroit relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.5% of 112 inherited runners. They sit at 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 59.3%, and they have dispatched 226 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season.

In their 5,694 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (6th in professional baseball). The Detroit Tigers have gotten 51 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in the majors). The Tigers have recorded 619 assists, 42 errors and have notched a total of 1,898 putouts on the season.

Boyd (43-67 career record) has a 4.95 ERA and has conceded 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.98 and he has gone up against 3,704 batters so far in his career. He has allowed 474 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.324 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. In his MLB career, Boyd has allowed 860 hits while he has totaled 836 strikeouts in 862 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-115)

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