Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/16/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-170) Kansas City (+145)

Kauffman Stadium is the site where the Kansas City Royals (18-50) will take on the Los Angeles Angels (38-32) on Friday. The odds on this game have Los Angeles at -170 while Kansas City is at +145. The total is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Patrick Sandoval and Brady Singer.

Los Angeles has a slugging rate of .432 and have been called out on strikes 613 times, while taking a walk on 236 occasions. They have 332 runs batted in and 608 hits on the year, while their batting average comes in at .255. The Angels have hit 112 doubles as a team and have smacked 98 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 343 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .330. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are earning 4.9 runs per outing, which is 8th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.45 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. Angels pitchers have given up 78 long balls and 325 total runs (21st in the league). Los Angeles has given up 580 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 290 earned runs. The Angels have a team ERA of 4.21 for the year (16th in MLB), and they have struck out 609 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 249 opposing players and their FIP is 4.35 as a team so far this season.

Angels relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 62 times in addition to having 77 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 51 holds so far this season (2nd in MLB). The Angels relievers have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and stepped onto the hill in 87 save situations. They have earned 24 saves for the season and have blown 12 of their 36 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 100 base runners over the course of the season with 41.0% of them crossed the plate. The Angels have dispatched 207 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Los Angeles Angels are sitting with 1,862 putouts for the season, in addition to 584 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which has them sitting 23rd in professional baseball, and they have turned 59 double plays. The Angels have turned 68.9% of balls in play into outs out of 5,586 innings on the field, which ranks them 18th in baseball.

Sandoval has thrown 375 innings and has accounted for 368 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Sandoval (13-30 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 3.91 while facing 1,613 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.84 (160 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.329. He has given up 347 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) with 152 walks.

Kansas City has hit 64 home runs this season to go along with 242 runs batted in. They have notched 109 doubles, while walking 179 times as well as notching 255 runs. The Kansas City Royals have a team on-base percentage of .295 and a batting average of .233 on the year. The Royals hold a slugging % of .381 and they are recording 3.75 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have struck out on 605 occasions (11th in baseball) and have earned 529 hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 362 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.20 (342 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 78 homers and they relinquish 5.50 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.417 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.45 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (570 strikeouts vs 250 bases on balls). They rank 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 589.

Sitting with 40 save situations, the Royals have 22 holds and 9 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers take the mound in 18 save chances and they have earned 9 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 55 times in high leverage situations and also on 45 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 42.5% out of their 73 inherited runners. They rank 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 227 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 52 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (17th in baseball). The Royals have accrued 569 assists, 33 errors and have notched a total of 1,777 putouts this season. In 5,331 innings on the diamond, the Royals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (25th in pro baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Singer has given up 414 base knocks while tallying 402 punch outs in 410 frames. Singer (23-25 career mark) holds a 4.41 earned run average while giving up 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 201 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.343 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.93 and he has gone up against 1,765 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-170)

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