Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, July 14, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-290) Kansas City (+230)

The Tampa Bay Rays (58-35) are traveling to Kauffman Stadium on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Kansas City Royals (26-65). The moneyline on this matchup has the Rays at -290 while the Royals are priced at +230. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Tyler Glasnow and Alec Marsh.

Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .452 and have been called out on strikes 799 times, while drawing a walk on 303 occasions. They have 483 runs batted in and 809 hits for the season, while their team batting average is .259. The Rays have accounted for 168 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 137 baseballs out of the stadium. They have a total of 506 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .331. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 5.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in MLB.

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The Rays hold a team earned run average of 3.70 on the year (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 827 hitters. Rays pitchers have conceded 96 home runs and also 357 runs in total (3rd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 291 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.00 as a unit for the year. Tampa Bay has yielded 698 hits (7.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 338 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.84 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.20.

The Rays have dispatched 303 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 114 runners on the season with 22.8% of them ended up scoring. They have recorded 25 saves on the year and have not converted 17 out of their 42 chances to save the game. The Rays relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 59.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 87 save situations. The relievers have 45 holds this season (19th in the league). Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 73 times in addition to having 88 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rays have turned 71.2% of balls hit into play into outs in their 7,407 innings, which has them sitting at 1st in pro baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 2,469 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 837 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which has them ranked 4th in MLB, and they have turned 77 double plays.

Glasnow has thrown 451 innings and has earned 580 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.01 (201 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.241. He has given up 369 base knocks (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 191 free passes. Glasnow (22-23 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.76 while he has faced 1,888 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Kansas City Royals have an on-base percentage of .295 and a batting average of .232 for the season. They have struck out on 829 occasions (6th in MLB) and have notched a total of 702 hits. Kansas City has accounted for 78 home runs on the year to go along with 322 runs batted in. The Royals hold a team SLG% of .371 and they earn 3.70 runs per contest (29th in MLB). They have recorded 145 two-baggers, while walking 238 times and scoring 337 runs.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.447 with a FIP of 4.57 as a team this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.20 (720 strikeouts against 330 walks). They come in at 25th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 813. They have yielded 106 homers and they give up 5.60 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 492 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.27 (463 earned runs yielded).

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 39.6% of 101 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 71 times in high leverage situations in addition to 61 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 51 save situations, the Royals have compiled 26 holds and also 12 blown saves. They rank 25th in MLB with a save rate of 52.0%, and they have sent 298 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 25 save chances and they have converted 13 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 67 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in the majors). The Royals have racked up 763 assists, 45 errors and are sitting with 2,371 putouts for the season. In their 7,113 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (27th in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Marsh has conceded 9 hits while he has earned 10 K's in 9 frames. Marsh (0-2 career mark) has earned a 7.00 earned run average and has allowed 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 7 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.778 and being the owner of a FIP of 8.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.43 and he has gone up against 42 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+230)

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