Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+100) Kansas City (-120)

The Oakland Athletics (7-26) are hitting the road to Kauffman Stadium on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (8-25). The odds on this game have Oakland at +100 and Kansas City is priced at -120. The over/under has been set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Mason Miller and Ryan Yarbrough.

Oakland has a slugging rate of .378 and have been rung up 307 times, while drawing a walk on 109 occasions. They have compiled 125 runs batted in and 256 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is .232. The Athletics have compiled 46 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 36 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 131 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .311. As a squad, the Oakland Athletics are notching 4.0 runs per outing, which has them at 24th in MLB.

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The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 7.39 over the course of the season (30th in the league), and their staff has struck out 241 hitters. Athletics pitchers have allowed 55 long balls in addition to 252 total runs (30th in baseball). They have walked 169 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 6.15 as a team so far this season. Oakland has conceded 336 hits (10.4 per 9 innings) and 239 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.43 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.74.

Athletics pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 45 times in addition to having 43 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 9 holds for the year (27th in the league). The Athletics relievers have earned a save rate of 25.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 22 save situations. They have accumulated 3 saves on the season and have blown 9 of 12 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 70 runners for the season with 45.7% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Athletics have dispatched 120 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Oakland Athletics have amassed 873 putouts for the season, as well as 247 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which ranks 28th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 25 double plays. The Athletics have converted 66.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 2,619 innings on the field, which has them ranked 27th in professional baseball.

Miller has pitched in 15 frames and has earned 17 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.52 (6 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.978. He has given up 9 base knocks (5.3 hits per nine innings) with 6 walks. Miller (0-1 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 2.52 and he has gone up against 60 hitters in the major leagues.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .293 and a team batting average of .233 so far this year. They have been rung up on 290 occasions (14th in the league) and have a total of 259 base hits. Kansas City has hit 29 home runs on the year to go along with 119 runs batted in. The Royals have a SLG% of .382 and they score 3.85 runs per contest (26th in MLB). They have hit 58 doubles, while taking a walk 85 times and notching 127 runs.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.502 and have a FIP of 4.96 as a unit for the year. They are sitting at 29th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 311. The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 196 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 5.84 (187 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (278 strikeouts vs 122 bases on balls). They have given up 47 dingers and they yield 6.12 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 9 save opportunities and they have converted 5 saves. They sit at 24th in the league holding a save rate of 55.6%, and they have sent 110 relief pitchers to the hill this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 23 times in high leverage situations and also on 20 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 45.5% out of their 33 inherited base runners. With 16 save situations, the Royals have earned 7 holds in addition to 4 blown saves.

In 2,598 innings on the field, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.0% (25th in baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 26 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .990 (5th in MLB). The Royals have recorded 266 assists, 12 errors and have accounted for 866 putouts this season.

During his pro baseball career, Yarbrough has surrendered 590 hits while he has tallied 479 strikeouts in 600 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 296 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.213 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 3.47 and he has gone up against 2,526 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Yarbrough (40-35 career win-loss record) has a 4.44 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oakland (+100)

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