St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, August 11, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (37-79) will meet the St. Louis Cardinals (50-65) on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Adam Wainwright and Angel Zerpa.

St. Louis is slugging .431 and have been called out on strikes 950 times, while drawing a walk on 390 occasions. They have earned 515 RBI's in addition to 1,011 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is at .257. The Cardinals have compiled 188 doubles as a unit and have knocked 159 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 533 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .330. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.6 runs per contest, which has them at 12th in the league.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 111 home runs and also 561 total runs (24th in MLB). St. Louis has given up 1,080 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 509 earned runs. The Cardinals have a team earned run average of 4.52 over the course of the season (22nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 916 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 378 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.14 as a unit for the year.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 52.0% and has come into the game in 108 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 205 base runners for the year and 30.2% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Cardinals pitchers have come into the game with players on base 125 times and also have had 127 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 344 relievers to the hill for the year. The bullpen have a total of 58 holds this year (16th in MLB). They have recorded 26 saves this season and have blown 24 out of their 50 save opportunities.

The Cardinals have converted 66.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,129 innings, ranking them 30th in MLB. The St. Louis Cardinals have accounted for 3,043 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,103 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .990 which has them ranked 2nd in professional baseball, and have a total of 102 double plays.

Wainwright (198-123 career record) holds a FIP of 3.50 while he has gone up against 10,952 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 2,530 hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 721 free passes. His ERA is 3.49 (1,021 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.235. Wainwright has taken the hill for 2,633 innings and has earned 2,186 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career.

The Royals have a team slugging percentage of .389 and they earn 3.91 runs per contest (29th in baseball). They have hit 192 doubles, while walking 287 times as well as racking up 454 runs. Kansas City has knocked in 111 HRs on the campaign to go along with 436 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,010 occasions (13th in the league) and have a total of 928 base hits. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .298 as well as a batting average of .239 so far this year.

The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 615 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 5.18 (581 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 141 dingers and they relinquish 5.49 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.404 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.61 as a team for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.00 (898 strikeouts vs 395 walks). They sit at 25th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,022.

With 77 save situations, the Royals have earned 43 holds and 17 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 34 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 94 times in high leverage situations and on 74 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 40.0% out of 120 inherited base runners. They rank 28th in the league with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 373 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year.

In 9,081 innings on the field, the Royals have a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (20th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 86 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in pro baseball). The Royals have accrued 996 assists, 52 errors and have notched a total of 3,027 putouts so far this year.

Thus far in his career, Zerpa has allowed 19 hits while accumulating 8 punch outs in 21 innings. Zerpa (2-3 career record) has a 2.53 ERA while conceding 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 6 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.078 and a FIP of 5.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.00 and he has faced 86 batters during his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis

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