Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/18/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, June 18, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-115) Kansas City (-105)

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (18-51) will meet the Los Angeles Angels (40-32) on Sunday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Angels at -115 while the Royals are coming in at -105. The total is set at 10. The expected starting pitchers will be Tyler Anderson and Zack Greinke.

Los Angeles has a slugging % of .433 and have been rung up 634 times, while drawing a walk on 243 occasions. They have 340 RBI's and 625 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .255. The Angels have compiled 118 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 101 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 351 runs while holding a team OBP of .330. As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels are putting up 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in MLB.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.40 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.33. Angels pitchers have surrendered 78 home runs in addition to 328 runs in total (19th in the league). Los Angeles has allowed 590 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 293 earned runs. The Angels have an ERA of 4.13 so far this season (14th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 624 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 260 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.33 as a unit so far this year.

Angels pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 63 times as well as having 79 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 53 holds on the season (2nd in MLB). The Angels relievers have recorded a save rate of 68.4% and has come into the game in 92 save situations. They have tallied 26 saves on the campaign and have blown 12 out of their 38 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 103 runners over the course of the season and 40.8% of them earned a run for their team. The Angels have sent 212 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 1,916 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 607 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .984 which has them sitting 21st in MLB, and have accumulated 61 double plays. The Angels have turned 69.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,748 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 14th in MLB.

Anderson has taken the mound for 866 innings and is sitting with 725 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.28 (412 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.271. He has surrendered 850 base hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has 251 walks. Anderson (47-44 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.25 while he has faced 3,643 hitters during his time in the majors.

Kansas City has recorded 64 home runs over the course of the season as well as 242 RBIs. They have 109 doubles, while taking a walk 183 times and scoring 255 runs. The Kansas City Royals have compiled an OBP of .295 as well as a batting average of .231 over the course of the season. The Royals have a slugging percentage of .378 and they are scoring 3.70 runs per contest (29th in MLB). They have struck out on 613 occasions (15th in MLB) and have earned 533 base hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 365 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 5.17 (345 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 78 home runs and they concede 5.46 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.419 with a FIP of 4.42 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.70 (580 strikeouts vs 255 free passes). They are sitting at 22nd in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 598.

Sitting with 40 save situations, the Royals have accumulated 22 holds and 9 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 18 save chances and they have come away with 9 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 55 times in high leverage situations and also on 47 occasions with runners on. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 41.6% of 77 inherited base runners. They sit at 26th in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 230 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

In 5,412 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.9% (24th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 53 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in professional baseball). The Royals have accrued 576 assists, 33 errors and have notched a total of 1,804 putouts on the campaign.

Greinke (224-147 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.45 earned run average while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.93 and he has faced 13,576 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 1,272 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.166 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. In his career, Greinke has allowed 3,121 base knocks while he has accumulated 2,936 strikeouts in 3,318 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-115)

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