Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 4/10/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers

Date: Monday, April 10, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+130) Texas (-150)

Globe Life Field is where the Texas Rangers (5-4) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (3-6) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Royals at +130 while the Rangers are priced at -150. The over/under is 9. The starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Andrew Heaney.

The Royals have hit 9 doubles as a squad and have hit 10 balls out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .331 and have been called out on strikes 79 times, while taking a walk on 26 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are notching 2.9 runs per contest, which has them at 29th in baseball. They have recorded 25 runs batted in and 53 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is sitting at .187. They have earned 26 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .264.

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Royals pitchers have surrendered 8 home runs in addition to 35 runs in total (11th in the league). They have walked 26 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.69 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.00 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.78 on the year (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 78 hitters.

The Kansas City Royals have amassed 243 putouts this year, as well as 75 assists and 1 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .997 which is 3rd in pro baseball, and have 8 double plays. The Royals have converted 65.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 729 innings, which has them sitting 26th in the majors.

Greinke has taken the ball for 3,258 innings and has racked up 2,890 K's in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.42 (1,238 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.167. He has given up 3,062 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 741 free passes. Greinke (223-143 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.46 while he has gone up against 13,332 batters in the major leagues.

The Rangers have a SLG% of .382 and they have an average of 4.88 runs per game (13th in MLB). They have hit 10 doubles, while walking 24 times and putting up 39 runs. Texas is sitting with 9 home runs so far this year to go along with 37 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 67 occasions (20th in the league) and have earned 62 base knocks. The Texas Rangers have accumulated an OBP of .308 and a team batting average of .239 so far this year.

The Rangers have a WHIP of 1.229 in addition to having a FIP of 3.36 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.59 (79 strikeouts against 22 bases on balls). They are sitting at 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 64. They have conceded 7 homers and they yield 4.37 runs per 9 innings (12th in baseball). The Texas pitching staff have allowed 34 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.86 (30 earned runs conceded).

The Texas Rangers have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .975 (27th in MLB). The Rangers have racked up 62 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 210 putouts so far this season. In 630 innings on the field, the Rangers have earned a defensive efficiency of 65.8% (25th in MLB).

So far in his career, Heaney has allowed 689 base knocks and he has 762 punch outs in 709 innings. He has conceded 365 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.253 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.81 and he has gone up against 3,012 opposing batters in his MLB career. Heaney (36-43 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.63 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-150)

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