Arizona Diamondbacks vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: DBACKS.TV

The Kansas City Royals (55-45) will play the Arizona Diamondbacks (51-49) at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Jordan Montgomery and Alec Marsh.

As a unit, the Arizona Diamondbacks are earning 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have earned a total of 491 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .325. The Diamondbacks have hit 169 doubles as a team and have smacked 105 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 470 RBI's in addition to 853 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average comes in at .252. Arizona has a slugging percentage of .407 and have been rung up 795 times, while drawing a walk on 332 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.33. Diamondbacks pitchers have yielded 110 home runs in addition to 469 total runs (24th in baseball). Arizona has given up 889 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 440 earned runs. The Diamondbacks have compiled a team earned run average of 4.45 on the campaign (25th in the league), and the staff has rung up 736 batters. They have walked 296 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.22 as a team over the course of the season.

Diamondbacks relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 93 times and also have had 96 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 49 holds for the season (16th in the league). The Diamondbacks bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 56.1% and has come into the game in 92 save situations. They have compiled 23 saves for the year and have not converted 18 of their 41 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 127 runners on the year with 42.5% of them earned a run for their team. The Diamondbacks have dispatched 327 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Diamondbacks have converted 69.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,001 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 24th in pro baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks have accumulated 2,667 putouts on the campaign, as well as 918 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which puts them in 2nd in baseball, and they have turned 93 double plays.

Montgomery has taken the ball for 820 frames and has earned 750 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.91 (356 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.248. He has surrendered 793 base hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) with 230 walks. Montgomery (44-39 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.85 while going up against 3,437 batters in the major leagues.

Kansas City has a total of 102 long balls over the course of the season as well as 446 runs batted in. They have recorded 163 doubles, while taking a walk 267 times as well as notching 459 runs. The Kansas City Royals have a team OBP of .307 and a batting average of .248 for the year. The Royals hold a slugging % of .405 and they are scoring 4.59 runs per game (12th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 688 instances (29th in MLB) and have totaled 821 base hits.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.259 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.80 as a unit on the season. They are sitting at 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 804. The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 385 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.71 (361 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.30 (809 strikeouts against 298 bases on balls). They have given up 90 HR's and they allow 3.96 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

Sitting with 84 save situations, the Royals have 47 holds and 12 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the game in 36 save opportunities and they have earned 24 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 88 times in high leverage situations in addition to 74 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score rate of 26.0% of 131 inherited runners. They sit at 12th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 309 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 76 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in pro baseball). The Royals have accrued 905 assists, 47 errors and have accumulated 2,625 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 7,875 innings on the diamond, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (18th in pro baseball).

During his MLB career, Marsh has allowed 161 base hits while tallying 169 punch outs in 165 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 93 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.385 and a FIP of 5.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and he has faced 724 hitters during his MLB career. Marsh (10-15 career record) has a 5.06 earned run average while surrendering 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona

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