Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

The Kansas City Royals (4-15) are on their way to Angel Stadium on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Los Angeles Angels (9-9). The men taking the mound are Ryan Yarbrough and Shohei Ohtani.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.1 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in baseball. They are sitting with 59 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .264. The Royals have accounted for 27 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 14 baseballs out of the stadium. They have amassed 55 runs batted in in addition to 130 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .208. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .331 and have been called out on strikes 176 times, while drawing a walk on 44 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.49 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have conceded 26 long balls and also 110 runs (28th in baseball). Kansas City has conceded 179 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 103 earned runs. The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 5.46 for the year (28th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 162 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 65 opposing players and their FIP is 4.68 as a squad on the year.

Royals pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 13 times and also have had 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 3 holds this season (28th in baseball). The Royals relievers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 7 save situations. They have compiled 2 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 of 4 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 22 runners so far this year with 50.0% of those players ended up scoring. The Royals have dispatched 61 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 509 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 151 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .991 which has them sitting 5th in the majors, and have 14 double plays. The Royals have converted 67.5% of balls hit into play into outs in their 1,527 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 24th in baseball.

Yarbrough has thrown 588 innings and has totaled 471 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Yarbrough (40-32 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.17 and he has gone up against 2,477 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.40 (288 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.210. He has allowed 578 base knocks (8.8 hits per nine innings) with 134 walks.

Los Angeles has compiled 20 home runs on the campaign as well as 87 runs batted in. They have notched 25 two-baggers, while taking a walk 72 times and racking up 88 runs. The Los Angeles Angels have recorded a team OBP of .330 and a batting average of .239 over the course of the season. The Angels hold a team slugging percentage of .380 and they average 4.89 runs per game (11th in the league). They have struck out on 161 occasions (16th in the league) and have recorded 144 base hits.

The Angels are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 in addition to having a FIP of 4.22 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.20 (145 strikeouts against 64 walks). They rank 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 136. They have relinquished 15 homers and they concede 4.21 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 74 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.53 (62 earned runs conceded).

With 28 save situations, the Angels have recorded 18 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 10 save opportunities and they have walked away with 6 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 23 times in high leverage situations and on 18 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 37.0% out of their 27 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 17th in the league with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 57 relievers to the hill on the season.

Out of their 1,428 innings played, the Angels hold a efficiency on defense of 70.6% (9th in baseball). The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 15 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (25th in the majors). The Angels have accrued 147 assists, 12 errors and have accumulated 476 putouts over the course of the season.

Ohtani (30-14 record in his career) has earned a 2.84 earned run average while conceding 6.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.57 and he has gone up against 1,502 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 117 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.079 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.0. So far in his pro baseball career, Ohtani has conceded 269 base hits and he has 468 strikeouts in 370 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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