Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Kansas City Royals (3-4) will take on the Chicago White Sox (1-5) at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Garrett Crochet and Alec Marsh.

As a team, the Chicago White Sox are putting up 2.0 runs per game, which is 30th in MLB. They have earned a total of 12 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .260. The White Sox have accrued 5 doubles as a unit and have smacked 6 baseballs out of the park. They have 11 runs batted in as well as 36 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is at .193. Chicago is slugging .326 and have been rung up 51 times, while being walked on 15 occasions.

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The White Sox are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.42 for the season (19th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 44 batters. White Sox pitchers have relinquished 9 home runs and 32 total runs (18th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 23 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 5.14 as a team for the season. Chicago has surrendered 52 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 26 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.91 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.42.

White Sox relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 9 times in addition to having 8 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 3 holds for the season (17th in the league). The White Sox bullpen have recorded a save rate of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 5 save situations. They have recorded 1 save on the season and have missed out on 1 of their 2 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 13 base runners on the season and 53.8% of them crossed home plate. The White Sox have dispatched 23 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Chicago White Sox have earned 159 putouts for the season, in addition to 55 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .991 which is 8th in the majors, and have a total of 2 double plays. The White Sox have transformed 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 477 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 11th in professional baseball.

Crochet has taken the ball for 86 frames and has accounted for 101 K's during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 2.51 (24 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.233. He has allowed 65 hits (6.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 41 walks. Crochet (4-8 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 2.98 while facing 364 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .298 in addition to a team batting average of .247 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 55 occasions (17th in baseball) and have notched a total of 59 base hits. Kansas City has accumulated 11 home runs this season and 30 runs batted in. The Royals hold a team slugging % of .456 and they are scoring 4.86 runs per game (13th in MLB). They have tallied 13 doubles, while getting a free base 17 times as well as scoring 34 runs.

The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.081 with a FIP of 3.31 as a squad for the season. They rank 10th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 47. The Kansas City pitching staff have yielded 21 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.05 (21 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.10 (56 strikeouts vs 20 free passes). They have relinquished 3 long balls and they relinquish 3.05 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

Sitting with 8 save situations, the Royals have recorded 5 holds and also 2 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 3 save opportunities and they have tallied 1 save. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 10 times in high leverage situations and on 3 occasions with base runners. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 40.0% of 5 inherited base runners. They are ranked 17th in the league holding a save rate of 33.3%, and they have sent 20 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 5 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (14th in professional baseball). The Royals have 67 assists, 4 errors and have earned 186 putouts over the course of the season. In their 558 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 72.4% (8th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Marsh has surrendered 79 base hits while he has totaled 90 K's in 81 frames. He has allowed 48 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.463 and a FIP of 5.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.25 and he has gone up against 366 batters thus far in his career. Marsh (4-9 career record) is the owner of a 5.31 earned run average and has allowed 8.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago

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