Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (3-3) welcome the Kansas City Royals (1-6) at Oracle Park on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Sean Manaea.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 2.4 runs per contest, which is 28th in the league. They have accumulated 17 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .259. The Royals have compiled 7 doubles as a team and have knocked 5 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 17 RBI's in addition to 36 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .167. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .278 and have struck out 62 times, while taking a walk on 24 occasions.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 4.00 so far this season (11th in baseball), and they have rung up 59 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 21 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.85 as a team on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.81 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have given up 7 home runs and 29 total runs (12th in the league).

The Royals relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 0.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 0 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 11 base runners on the season with 27.3% of those players crossed the plate. Royals relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 6 times as well as having 2 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 23 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers are sitting with 0 holds on the year (29th in MLB). They have compiled 0 saves on the campaign and have blown 0 of 0 save chances.

The Royals have converted 65.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 567 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 24th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 189 putouts on the year, as well as 55 assists and 1 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .996 which ranks 3rd in baseball, and they have turned 6 double plays.

Singer (20-20 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 3.84 while he has gone up against 1,489 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 340 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) with 114 free passes. His earned run average is 3.97 (155 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.293. Singer has taken the hill for 351 innings and is sitting with 345 K's thus far in his career.

The San Francisco Giants have accumulated a team OBP of .368 and a team batting average of .263 on the year. They have struck out on 72 occasions (2nd in MLB) and have earned 57 hits. San Francisco has tallied 15 home runs for the year and 38 runs batted in. The Giants have a team slugging % of .512 and they score 6.33 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have hit 9 doubles, while taking a walk 30 times and scoring 38 runs.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.412 with a FIP of 4.31 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.94 (53 strikeouts against 18 bases on balls). They come in at 18th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 54. They have surrendered 8 home runs and they surrender 5.65 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 32 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.59 (26 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 3 save situations, the Giants have 2 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. San Francisco has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 1 save chances and they have recorded 1 save. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 3 times in high leverage situations in addition to 4 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 6 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 9th in baseball with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 16 bullpen pitchers to the mound this year.

Out of their 459 innings played, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 66.2% (23rd in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have turned 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (23rd in pro baseball). The Giants have 55 assists, 4 errors and have earned 153 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his pro baseball career, Manaea has given up 852 base knocks while he has accumulated 798 K's in 887 innings. Manaea (58-50 record in his career) has a 4.08 earned run average and has given up 8.6 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 402 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.222 and having a FIP of 4.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.44 and he has gone up against 3,706 opposing hitters during his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco

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