Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 4/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

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

The Kansas City Royals (3-7) are en route to Globe Life Field on Tuesday where they will attempt to beat the Texas Rangers (5-4). The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at +225 while Texas is priced at -265. The over/under is set at 8. The starting pitchers will be Jordan Lyles and Jacob deGrom.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are notching 2.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 29th in the league. They have earned a total of 27 runs while having a team OBP of .255. The Royals have accounted for 11 doubles as a unit and have smacked 10 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 26 runs batted in in addition to 58 base knocks this year, and their team batting average comes in at .184. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .321 and have struck out 89 times, while drawing a walk on 26 occasions.

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Royals pitchers have relinquished 9 home runs and 38 runs (8th in the league). They have walked 27 opposing players and their FIP is 3.69 as a squad for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.30 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.74 on the campaign (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 89 hitters.

The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 66.7% and stepped onto the hill in 6 save situations. The relievers have inherited 12 runners on the campaign and 25.0% of those players ended up scoring. Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 7 times and also have had 8 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 31 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers are sitting with 3 holds on the campaign (19th in MLB). They have accumulated 2 saves this year and have missed out on 1 of 3 chances to get a save.

The Royals have transformed 66.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 801 innings on the field, which has them sitting 26th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have 267 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 79 assists and 1 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .997 which has them sitting 3rd in the majors, and have 8 double plays.

Lyles has taken the mound for 1,337 innings and is sitting with 1,033 K's during his MLB career. Lyles (66-92 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.67 and he has faced 5,867 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 5.10 (758 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.427. He has given up 1,461 hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) with 448 free passes.

The Rangers hold a team slugging percentage of .389 and they are recording 5.22 runs per game (9th in the league). They have put up 15 doubles, while getting a free base 26 times and notching 47 runs. Texas has accounted for 9 home runs this season and 44 RBIs. They have been rung up on 77 instances (20th in MLB) and have accounted for 72 hits. The Texas Rangers have a team on-base percentage of .306 and a team batting average of .242 so far this season.

The Rangers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.228 and have a FIP of 3.51 as a unit on the season. They come in at 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 71. The Texas pitching staff have given up 36 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.65 (32 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio is 3.38 (88 strikeouts against 26 bases on balls). They have allowed 8 home runs and they concede 4.10 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

Texas bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 15 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 3 times in high leverage situations in addition to 9 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 6 save situations, the Rangers have compiled 4 holds and also 0 blown saves. They sit at 9th in MLB with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 25 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Texas has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 2 save chances and they have converted 2 saves.

The Texas Rangers have gotten 11 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .978 (27th in pro baseball). The Rangers have recorded 72 assists, 7 errors and have earned 237 putouts this season. In 711 innings played, the Rangers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 66.4% (25th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, deGrom has conceded 1,029 base knocks while tallying 1,625 K's in 1,335 innings. deGrom (83-57 career win-loss mark) has earned a 2.55 earned run average while allowing 6.9 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 378 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 0.999 and having a FIP of 2.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.33 and he has faced 5,256 opposing hitters in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+225)

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