Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+225) Tampa Bay (-265)

Tropicana Field is where the Tampa Bay Rays (53-26) will take on the Kansas City Royals (21-55) on Sunday. The moneyline on this contest has Kansas City at +225 and Tampa Bay is priced at -265. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Daniel Lynch and Tyler Glasnow.

The Royals have recorded 120 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 70 balls out of the stadium. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .379 and have struck out 681 times, while being walked on 205 occasions. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are recording 3.8 runs per game, which ranks them 29th in baseball. They have 271 runs batted in as well as 596 hits on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .234. They have accumulated 285 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .298.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.27 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.42. Royals pitchers have given up 89 long balls in addition to 410 runs in total (28th in MLB). Kansas City has allowed 666 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 386 earned runs. The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 5.25 so far this season (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 626 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 276 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.50 as a unit on the year.

The Royals relievers have earned a save percentage of 50.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 45 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 86 base runners this year and 41.9% of those runners crossed home plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 52 times as well as having 62 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 252 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 23 holds over the course of the season (28th in the league). They have accumulated 11 saves on the campaign and have blown 11 of 22 chances to get a save.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 1,984 putouts this season, in addition to 636 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which is 15th in baseball, and they have turned 59 double plays. The Royals have turned 67.9% of balls in play into outs in their 5,952 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 25th in MLB.

Lynch has taken the hill for 230 innings and is sitting with 199 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 5.20 (133 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.539. He has conceded 262 base knocks (10.3 hits per nine innings) with 92 free passes. Lynch (9-22 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.73 and he has faced 1,037 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Rays hold a team slugging percentage of .466 and they have an average of 5.62 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have recorded 145 doubles, while taking a walk 265 times and scoring 444 runs. Tampa Bay has 121 long balls so far this season to go along with 425 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 679 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned a total of 708 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with an OBP of .340 as well as a batting average of .266 this season.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.199 and have a FIP of 4.01 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have a ranking of 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 581. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 291 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.56 (276 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.80 (683 strikeouts vs 256 bases on balls). They have given up 78 long balls and they concede 3.75 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

With 83 save situations, the Rays have tallied 44 holds and also 16 blown saves. Tampa Bay has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 39 save chances and they have tallied 23 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 76 times in high leverage situations in addition to 63 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay relievers hold an inherited score rate of 25.3% out of their 99 inherited runners. They sit at 23rd in baseball with a save rate of 59.0%, and they have sent 258 relievers onto the field so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 68 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in MLB). The Rays have accrued 731 assists, 34 errors and have 2,094 putouts so far this season. Out of their 6,282 innings on the diamond, the Rays have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.6% (1st in MLB).

During his pro baseball career, Glasnow has allowed 356 hits and he has 549 strikeouts in 435 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 196 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.251 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.92 and he has faced 1,821 hitters thus far in his career. Glasnow (22-21 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.06 earned run average while allowing 7.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+225)

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