Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction, 7/23/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

Date: Sunday, July 23, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Yankee Stadium is the location where the New York Yankees (50-47) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (28-70) on Sunday. The men taking the mound will be Jordan Lyles and Luis Severino.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .372 and have been called out on strikes 872 times, while drawing a walk on 247 occasions. They have 348 runs batted in as well as 755 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is .232. The Royals have hit 159 two-baggers as a team and have hit 82 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 363 runs and have an on-base percentage of .293. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 3.7 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in the league.

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The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 5.22 for the season (28th in the league), and they have rung up 772 hitters. Royals pitchers have conceded 114 long balls and also 525 total runs (28th in the league). They have walked 353 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.57 as a team so far this season. Kansas City has given up 869 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 495 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.19 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.43.

Royals pitchers have entered the game with runners on 63 times and also have had 75 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have racked up 32 holds this year (28th in baseball). The Royals relievers have accumulated a save rate of 48.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 59 save situations. They have recorded 13 saves for the year and have blown 14 of their 27 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 106 base runners so far this year and 41.5% of them ended up scoring. The Royals have sent 320 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 2,560 putouts for the season, as well as 828 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which has them ranked 13th in MLB, and have accumulated 71 double plays. The Royals have turned 68.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 7,680 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 26th in baseball.

Lyles has pitched in 1,429 innings and has 1,095 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Lyles (67-101 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.72 and he has gone up against 6,253 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 5.17 (821 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.416. He has allowed 1,546 base knocks (9.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 477 walks.

New York has knocked in 134 HRs for the season as well as 405 runs batted in. They have notched 130 doubles, while taking a walk 303 times as well as scoring 422 runs. The New York Yankees have recorded a team on-base percentage of .301 in addition to a team batting average of .230 on the year. The Yankees have a team SLG% of .404 and they are scoring 4.35 runs per game (19th in the league). They have struck out on 794 occasions (20th in the league) and have earned a total of 734 base hits.

The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.252 in addition to having a FIP of 4.34 as a pitching staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.80 (845 strikeouts vs 328 walks). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 755. They have conceded 112 homers and they give up 4.31 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The New York pitching staff have relinquished 414 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.89 (374 earned runs relinquished).

New York bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 37.3% of 169 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 120 times in high leverage situations in addition to 114 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 93 save situations, the Yankees have 50 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. They are ranked 12th in the league holding a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have sent 312 relievers to the hill for the season. New York has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 42 save opportunities and they have tallied 27 saves.

The New York Yankees have turned 66 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in the majors). The Yankees have recorded 859 assists, 58 errors and are sitting with 2,596 putouts so far this year. In 7,788 innings on the field, the Yankees are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (4th in the majors).

During his MLB career, Severino has allowed 598 base hits and he has 749 K's in 686 innings. He has conceded 276 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.167 and having a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.69 and he has faced 2,838 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Severino (51-33 mark in his career) has earned a 3.62 ERA while surrendering 7.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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