Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/17/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, April 17, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (4-11) will try to beat the Texas Rangers (8-6) on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jacob deGrom and Jordan Lyles.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are compiling 5.4 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in baseball. They have earned a total of 75 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .314. The Rangers have accrued 25 two-baggers as a team and have hit 15 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 72 RBI's as well as 115 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .245. Texas is slugging .403 and have been called out on strikes 118 times, while being walked on 44 occasions.

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The Rangers hold a team earned run average of 4.06 so far this year (11th in the league), and the staff has struck out 136 hitters. Rangers pitchers have conceded 12 long balls in addition to 63 runs in total (10th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 42 batters and their FIP sits at 3.47 as a squad on the season. Texas has allowed 116 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 56 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.24 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Rangers have sent 40 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have inherited 25 runners over the course of the season with 40.0% of those runners crossed home plate. They have compiled 2 saves for the year and have blown 1 out of their 3 save chances. The Rangers relievers have earned a save rate of 66.7% and has entered the game in 12 save situations. The bullpen have racked up 8 holds this season (16th in MLB). Rangers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 16 times as well as having 8 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have transformed 66.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,116 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 24th in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have accounted for 372 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 106 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which is 24th in pro baseball, and they have turned 13 double plays.

deGrom has taken the hill for 1,342 innings and has earned 1,634 K's during his pro baseball career. deGrom (83-57 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 2.60 while he has faced 5,283 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 2.55 (380 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 0.999. He has conceded 1,036 base knocks (6.9 hits per 9 innings) with 305 free passes.

Kansas City has 12 long balls so far this year as well as 47 runs batted in. They have 24 two-baggers, while getting a free base 38 times and notching 50 runs. The Kansas City Royals have an on-base percentage of .273 in addition to a team batting average of .211 so far this year. The Royals have a SLG% of .343 and they earn 3.33 runs per outing (29th in baseball). They have struck out on 142 occasions (6th in baseball) and have totaled 105 hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff have yielded 77 runs this season while holding an ERA of 5.00 (74 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 20 long balls and they surrender 5.20 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.411 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.50 as a unit so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (129 strikeouts vs 45 walks). They are sitting at 27th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 143.

Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 45.0% out of 20 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 10 times in high leverage situations and also on 12 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 7 save situations, the Royals have 3 holds and 2 blown saves. They rank 21st in baseball with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 48 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. Kansas City has had relief pitchers take the mound in 4 save chances and they have tallied 2 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 11 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .996 (2nd in the majors). The Royals have accrued 115 assists, 2 errors and have notched a total of 401 putouts during this campaign. In 1,203 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.4% (23rd in MLB).

Lyles (66-92 career win-loss record) has a 5.10 ERA while conceding 9.8 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.30 and he has gone up against 5,895 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed a total of 762 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.428 and a FIP of 4.7. In his pro baseball career, Lyles has conceded 1,469 base knocks while accumulating 1,037 strikeouts in 1,343 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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