Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 5/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Friday, May 12, 2023

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Brewers (20-17) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (11-27) at American Family Field on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound are Daniel Lynch and Corbin Burnes.

The Royals have accounted for 69 doubles as a unit and have knocked 37 balls out of the stadium. Kansas City has a slugging % of .398 and have been called out on strikes 332 times, while drawing a walk on 104 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are earning 4.2 runs per game, which puts them at 24th in the league. They have 151 runs batted in as well as 308 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .240. They have 159 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .302.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 5.45 so far this year (28th in the league), and their staff has struck out 317 batters. Royals pitchers have given up 51 home runs and also 212 total runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 135 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.77 as a team so far this year. Kansas City has conceded 344 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 202 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44.

The Royals have dispatched 124 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 33 runners so far this year and 45.5% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 5 saves on the year and have blown 4 of their 9 chances to get a save. The Royals relievers have earned a save rate of 55.6% and stepped onto the hill in 18 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 9 holds so far this season (29th in MLB). Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 20 times in addition to having 24 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 1,001 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 323 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .990 which has them ranked 5th in the majors, and have a total of 29 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 3,003 innings on the field, which has them sitting 22nd in professional baseball.

Lynch (8-19 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.69 while going up against 911 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 235 base knocks (10.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 83 walks. His earned run average is 5.32 (118 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.593. Lynch has taken the ball for 199 innings and has totaled 177 punch outs during his career.

The Brewers have a team slugging percentage of .386 and they tally 4.35 runs per outing (17th in MLB). They have 46 doubles, while taking a walk 128 times as well as earning 161 runs. Milwaukee has recorded 43 HRs so far this year to go along with 155 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 333 occasions (9th in the league) and have totaled 291 hits. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with a team OBP of .314 and a batting average of .239 on the year.

The Brewers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.257 and have a FIP of 4.60 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 11th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 295. The Milwaukee pitching staff have conceded 149 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.74 (136 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 7.80 (285 strikeouts against 116 bases on balls). They have allowed 46 home runs and they concede 4.10 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

Milwaukee has had relievers take the mound in 14 save opportunities and they have walked away with 9 saves. They are currently ranked 15th in MLB holding a save rate of 64.3%, and they have sent 114 relievers to the hill on the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 32 times in high leverage situations and also on 33 occasions with runners on. Milwaukee bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.5% out of 49 inherited base runners. With 34 save situations, the Brewers have accumulated 19 holds and also 5 blown saves.

Out of their 2,943 innings on the field, the Brewers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 71.6% (3rd in MLB). The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten 30 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (11th in professional baseball). The Brewers have racked up 333 assists, 16 errors and have accounted for 981 putouts this season.

In his career, Burnes has conceded 432 base hits while accumulating 702 strikeouts in 555 frames. Burnes (38-21 mark in his career) has a 3.26 earned run average and has allowed 7.0 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 201 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.055 and having a FIP of 3.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.56 and he has faced 2,243 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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