Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 9/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Kansas City Royals (54-102) are traveling to Comerica Park on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Detroit Tigers (73-83). The starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Reese Olson.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 24th in MLB. They have 651 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .302. The Royals have hit 252 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 156 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 626 RBI's and 1,269 base knocks for the season, while their batting average sits at .243. Kansas City is slugging .396 and have been called out on strikes 1,340 times, while drawing a walk on 398 occasions.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 5.16 so far this season (28th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,220 hitters. Royals pitchers have surrendered 200 long balls in addition to 826 total runs (28th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 529 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.70 as a team so far this year. Kansas City has conceded 1,377 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 778 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 54.0% and has entered the game in 115 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 185 base runners for the season with 35.7% of them crossed the plate. Royals pitchers have entered the game with players on base 114 times in addition to having 132 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 507 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The bullpen have a total of 65 holds this year (28th in the league). They have accumulated 27 saves this season and have blown 23 of their 50 chances to get a save.

The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 4,074 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,343 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which puts them in 15th in baseball, and have a total of 120 double plays. The Royals have transformed 68.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,222 innings, which has them ranked 21st in professional baseball.

Greinke (224-156 career mark) has a FIP of 3.52 while going up against 13,842 batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 3,202 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 759 walks. His earned run average is 3.50 (1,314 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.172. Greinke has pitched in 3,379 innings and is sitting with 2,972 punch outs in his career.

Detroit has a total of 156 HRs this year and 596 RBIs. They have recorded 235 doubles, while walking 479 times and putting up 622 runs. The Detroit Tigers hold a team on-base percentage of .302 in addition to a batting average of .234 this year. The Tigers hold a team SLG% of .376 and they are scoring 3.99 runs per contest (29th in MLB). They have been rung up on 1,435 occasions (7th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,237 hits.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.251 and have a FIP of 4.17 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (1,320 strikeouts against 461 bases on balls). They are sitting at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,276. They have conceded 183 long balls and they surrender 4.70 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have relinquished 725 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.33 (668 earned runs given up).

Detroit relievers hold an inherited score rate of 31.1% out of their 235 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 160 times in high leverage situations and on 165 occasions with base runners. With 166 save situations, the Tigers have tallied 99 holds in addition to 22 blown saves. They are currently ranked 13th in MLB holding a save rate of 64.5%, and they have sent 513 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Detroit has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 62 save chances and they have earned 40 saves.

In their 12,495 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (10th in MLB). The Detroit Tigers have gotten 127 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in baseball). The Tigers have recorded 1,355 assists, 96 errors and have amassed 4,165 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Olson has surrendered 862 base knocks while he has accumulated 560 punch outs in 829 frames. Olson (39-68 career record) has earned a 4.91 ERA and has surrendered 9.4 hits per nine innings. He has given up 452 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.412 and a FIP of 4.9. His K/BB ratio is 1.81 and he has gone up against 3,603 opposing batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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