Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/30/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+160) St. Louis (-190)

Busch Stadium is the site where the St. Louis Cardinals (24-31) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (16-38) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at +160 while St. Louis is sitting at -190. The betting total comes in at 9. The starting pitchers are Zack Greinke and Miles Mikolas.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are earning 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 26th in baseball. They have earned a total of 213 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .294. The Royals have tallied 91 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 54 balls out of the park. They have accrued 203 RBI's and 416 hits for the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .230. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .383 and have struck out 488 times, while taking a walk on 148 occasions.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 5.20 for the year (29th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 459 batters. Royals pitchers have surrendered 64 home runs in addition to 289 total runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 216 opposing players and their FIP is 4.62 as a squad this year. Kansas City has given up 477 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and 273 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.13 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47.

The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 53.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 32 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 57 runners on the campaign and 40.4% of them crossed the plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 34 times in addition to having 43 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 185 relievers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have a total of 17 holds this year (28th in the league). They have earned 8 saves this season and have blown 7 out of their 15 save opportunities.

The Royals have turned 67.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 4,251 innings, which has them ranked 25th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 1,417 putouts this season, in addition to 454 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which puts them in 13th in pro baseball, and have a total of 44 double plays.

Greinke has taken the mound for 3,304 innings and has earned 2,923 K's during his career. His earned run average is 3.44 (1,264 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.167. He has given up 3,109 base hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 747 free passes. Greinke (224-146 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.48 and he has faced 13,520 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

St. Louis has a total of 76 home runs this season and 261 RBIs. They have tallied 98 two-baggers, while taking a walk 201 times as well as scoring 271 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals hold an on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .257 for the season. The Cardinals hold a slugging % of .434 and they tally 4.93 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have been rung up on 450 occasions (21st in the league) and have tallied 486 base hits.

The St. Louis pitching staff have yielded 258 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.32 (233 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 56 long balls and they allow 4.79 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.443 in addition to having a FIP of 4.20 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (464 strikeouts against 195 walks). They come in at 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 505.

St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score rate of 28.7% out of their 108 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 64 times in high leverage situations and on 66 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 51 save situations, the Cardinals have compiled 27 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. They are currently ranked 29th in the league holding a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 169 relievers to the mound this season. St. Louis has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 24 save opportunities and they have tallied 12 saves.

In their 4,371 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 66.6% (29th in MLB). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 53 double plays and have a fielding rate of .989 (7th in pro baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 528 assists, 23 errors and have amassed 1,457 putouts this season.

Mikolas (48-41 mark in his career) has a 3.74 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.67 and he has gone up against 3,240 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 326 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.171 and having a FIP of 4.0. In his pro baseball career, Mikolas has surrendered 760 base knocks while tallying 584 punch outs in 784 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+160)

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