Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Kauffman Stadium is the site where the Kansas City Royals (63-50) will play the Boston Red Sox (59-51) on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Brayan Bello and Seth Lugo.

The Red Sox have compiled 223 doubles as a squad and have hit 140 baseballs out of the stadium. Boston is slugging .444 and have been rung up 1,060 times, while taking a walk on 343 occasions. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are knocking in 5.0 runs per game, which puts them at 4th in the league. They have amassed 524 runs batted in as well as 1,005 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is .262. They have accounted for 544 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .328.

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The Red Sox have compiled a team earned run average of 3.95 over the course of the season (13th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 947 batters. Red Sox pitchers have given up 129 long balls and 511 runs (22nd in the league). They have walked 298 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.99 as a unit on the year. Boston has allowed 927 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 435 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.18 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24.

The Red Sox have sent 340 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relievers have inherited 136 base runners on the season with 33.8% of them ended up scoring. They have recorded 27 saves over the course of the season and have blown 20 of 47 chances to get a save. The Red Sox bullpen have a save rate of 57.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 103 save situations. The relief pitchers have 54 holds over the course of the season (17th in the league). Red Sox relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 99 times and also have had 124 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Boston Red Sox have notched a total of 2,971 putouts so far this season, as well as 952 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 30th in professional baseball, and have earned 75 double plays. The Red Sox have turned 69.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 8,913 innings, ranking them 24th in pro baseball.

Bello has thrown 322 frames and is sitting with 290 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.61 (165 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.448. He has allowed 356 base knocks (10.0 hits per nine innings) with 110 free passes. Bello (24-24 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.55 while he has faced 1,406 opposing batters in the major leagues.

The Kansas City Royals have earned an OBP of .310 in addition to a team batting average of .253 on the year. They have been rung up on 758 occasions (29th in the league) and have a total of 955 base knocks. Kansas City is sitting with 121 home runs this season to go along with 521 RBIs. The Royals hold a slugging percentage of .412 and they average 4.74 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have recorded 185 doubles, while walking 294 times and scoring 536 runs.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.248 in addition to having a FIP of 3.86 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.10 (893 strikeouts vs 334 walks). They are sitting at 17th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 906. They have conceded 103 dingers and they give up 4.00 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 441 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.74 (413 earned runs conceded).

Kansas City has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 44 save chances and they have walked away with 27 saves. They are ranked 18th in MLB with a save rate of 61.4%, and they have sent 350 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 103 times in high leverage situations and on 85 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.0% out of their 148 inherited runners. Sitting with 99 save situations, the Royals have accumulated 54 holds in addition to 17 blown saves.

In their 8,943 innings on the diamond, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (13th in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 90 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in professional baseball). The Royals have racked up 1,037 assists, 51 errors and have accumulated 2,981 putouts for the year.

In his career, Lugo has conceded 699 base knocks while he has tallied 775 strikeouts in 791 innings. Lugo (53-36 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.32 earned run average and has surrendered 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 292 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.144 and a FIP of 3.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.76 and he has gone up against 3,248 batters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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