Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction, 7/22/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+215) New York (-255)

The New York Yankees (50-47) are hosting the Kansas City Royals (28-70) at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Kansas City at +215 while New York is at -255. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Brady Singer and Gerrit Cole.

Kansas City has a slugging rate of .372 and have struck out 872 times, while taking a walk on 247 occasions. They have accrued 348 RBI's as well as 755 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is at .232. The Royals have earned 159 two-baggers as a team and have hit 82 balls out of the park. They have racked up 363 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .293. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.7 runs per outing, which has them at 29th in the league.

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The Royals hold a team earned run average of 5.22 this season (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 772 batters. Royals pitchers have conceded 114 home runs in addition to 525 total runs (28th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 353 batters and their FIP is 4.57 as a team on the season. Kansas City has given up 869 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 495 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.19 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.43.

The Royals have sent 320 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 106 base runners this season with 41.5% of those players crossed the plate. They have tallied 13 saves for the year and have blown 14 out of their 27 save opportunities. The Royals bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 48.1% and has entered the game in 59 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 32 holds for the season (28th in the league). Royals pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 63 times and also have had 75 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have transformed 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of 7,680 innings, ranking them 26th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 2,560 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 828 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them ranked 13th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 71 double plays.

Singer (25-28 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.97 while he has faced 1,926 batters in the major leagues. He has given up 457 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 146 free passes. His earned run average is 4.39 (219 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.344. Singer has taken the hill for 448 innings and has earned 423 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

The Yankees hold a team SLG% of .404 and they have an average of 4.35 runs per contest (19th in the league). They have notched 130 two-baggers, while taking a walk 303 times as well as scoring 422 runs. New York has accounted for 134 home runs this season to go along with 405 runs batted in. They have struck out on 794 occasions (20th in the league) and have recorded 734 base hits. The New York Yankees have a team OBP of .301 and a batting average of .230 so far this year.

The Yankees hold a team WHIP of 1.252 with a FIP of 4.34 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.80 (845 strikeouts against 328 walks). They are sitting at 3rd in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 755. They have given up 112 HR's and they yield 4.31 runs per 9 innings (11th in MLB). The New York pitching staff have allowed 414 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.89 (374 earned runs yielded).

New York relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.3% out of 169 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 120 times in high leverage situations and on 114 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 93 save situations, the Yankees have earned 50 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. They are ranked 12th in the league with a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have sent 312 relievers onto the diamond for the year. New York has had relievers step onto the mound in 42 save chances and they have walked away with 27 saves.

In their 7,788 innings on the diamond, the Yankees hold a efficiency on defense of 70.8% (4th in pro baseball). The New York Yankees have gotten 66 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in the majors). The Yankees have accrued 859 assists, 58 errors and have accounted for 2,596 putouts for the year.

During his pro baseball career, Cole has surrendered 1,491 base knocks and he has 2,064 strikeouts in 1,773 innings pitched. He has allowed 631 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.099 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.51 and he has gone up against 7,148 opposing batters during his career. Cole (139-73 record in his career) is the owner of a 3.20 earned run average while giving up 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+215)

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