Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, April 9, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (3-3) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (1-6) on Sunday. The starting pitchers are Kris Bubic and Anthony DeSclafani.

The Royals have accounted for 7 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 5 baseballs out of the stadium. Kansas City has a slugging % of .278 and have been rung up 62 times, while being walked on 24 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 2.4 runs per game, which has them at 28th in the league. They have tallied 17 RBI's and 36 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .167. They have 17 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .259.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 4.00 on the year (11th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 59 batters. They have walked 21 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.85 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.81 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have surrendered 7 home runs and 29 total runs (12th in baseball).

The Royals bullpen have recorded a save rate of 0.0% and has come into the game in 0 save situations. The relievers have inherited 11 base runners so far this year and 27.3% of those players ended up scoring. Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 6 times in addition to having 2 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 23 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have racked up 0 holds over the course of the season (29th in the league). They have accumulated 0 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 0 of 0 save opportunities.

The Kansas City Royals have earned 189 putouts for the season, in addition to 55 assists and 1 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .996 which has them sitting 3rd in pro baseball, and have a total of 6 double plays. The Royals have turned 65.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 567 innings, ranking them 24th in pro baseball.

Bubic (10-27 career record) has a FIP of 4.88 and he has gone up against 1,387 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 336 base knocks (9.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 145 free passes. His earned run average is 4.87 (170 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.532. Bubic has taken the hill for 314 innings and has racked up 277 punch outs so far in his career.

San Francisco has hit 15 home runs for the season as well as 38 runs batted in. They have recorded 9 doubles, while getting a free base 30 times as well as scoring 38 runs. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .368 in addition to a team batting average of .263 this year. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .512 and they score 6.33 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have struck out on 72 occasions (2nd in baseball) and are sitting with 57 base hits.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.412 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.31 as a pitching staff this season. They rank 18th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 54. The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 32 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.59 (26 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.94 (53 strikeouts vs 18 walks). They have surrendered 8 dingers and they surrender 5.65 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball).

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

The San Francisco Giants have turned 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (23rd in MLB). The Giants have racked up 55 assists, 4 errors and have a total of 153 putouts on the campaign. In 459 innings on the diamond, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 66.2% (23rd in professional baseball).

In his career, DeSclafani has given up 842 hits while totaling 755 strikeouts in 849 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 386 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.264 and having a FIP of 4.1. His K/BB ratio is 3.27 and he has faced 3,566 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. DeSclafani (51-48 record in his career) has earned a 4.09 ERA while allowing 8.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco

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