Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 7/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Monday, July 3, 2023

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

The Kansas City Royals (24-59) are headed to Target Field on Monday where they will play the Minnesota Twins (42-42). The pitchers who are expected to start are Austin Cox and Joe Ryan.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.7 runs per game, which has them at 29th in baseball. They have earned 310 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .295. The Royals have hit 130 doubles as a squad and have hit 73 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 295 RBI's as well as 639 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate sits at .231. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .371 and have struck out 751 times, while taking a walk on 220 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.18 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have yielded 96 home runs and also 449 runs (28th in the league). Kansas City has conceded 736 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 423 earned runs. The Royals have an earned run average of 5.26 this season (28th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 668 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 306 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.54 as a squad over the course of the season.

Royals pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 57 times as well as having 69 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 25 holds for the season (28th in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 49 save situations. They have compiled 12 saves on the season and have blown 12 of their 24 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 95 runners on the season with 40.0% of those runners crossed the plate. The Royals have dispatched 275 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Royals have converted 67.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,519 innings, ranking them 25th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have 2,173 putouts thus far, as well as 698 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which ranks 14th in baseball, and have a total of 63 double plays.

Cox has taken the ball for 16 innings and has accumulated 15 punch outs thus far in his career. Cox (0-1 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.71 while he has gone up against 61 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 2.25 (4 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 0.875. He has surrendered 6 hits (3.4 hits per nine innings) with 8 free passes.

The Minnesota Twins have an on-base percentage of .309 in addition to a team batting average of .232 for the year. They have struck out on 861 instances (1st in the league) and have 655 hits. Minnesota has hit 108 home runs this year to go along with 335 RBIs. The Twins have a team slugging percentage of .400 and they average 4.19 runs per outing (22nd in the league). They have hit 136 doubles, while walking 276 times and racking up 352 runs.

The Minnesota pitching staff have allowed 320 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.62 (302 earned runs given up). They have given up 86 dingers and they give up 3.83 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.168 and have a FIP of 3.69 as a squad for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.50 (793 strikeouts vs 235 free passes). They are currently ranked 4th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 642.

Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 33 save chances and they have earned 18 saves. They are currently ranked 26th in MLB with a save percentage of 54.5%, and they have sent 245 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season. Their relievers have come in 83 times in high leverage situations and on 62 occasions with runners on. Minnesota relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.3% out of 83 inherited runners. Sitting with 74 save situations, the Twins have accrued 41 holds in addition to 15 blown saves.

In 6,759 innings played, the Twins are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (7th in the majors). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 59 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in pro baseball). The Twins have recorded 650 assists, 44 errors and have notched a total of 2,253 putouts this year.

Ryan (23-14 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.56 ERA while allowing 7.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.27 and he has gone up against 1,088 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has given up 107 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.025 and having a FIP of 3.7. In his pro baseball career, Ryan has surrendered 210 base knocks while he has accumulated 286 strikeouts in 270 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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