Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 4/1/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Monday, April 1, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Kansas City Royals (56-106 last year) are traveling to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Monday where they will meet the Baltimore Orioles (101-61 last season). The pitchers taking the mound will be Michael Wacha and Dean Kremer.

The Royals accrued 258 doubles as a team and knocked 163 baseballs out of the park. Kansas City had a slugging percentage of .398 and were called out on strikes 1,396 times, while being walked on 411 occasions. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals scored 4.2 runs per game, which put them at 23rd in the league. They accrued 651 runs batted in in addition to 1,325 hits last season, while their team batting average was at .244. They accumulated 676 runs and held an on-base percentage of .303.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 2.30 and the pitching staff held a WHIP of 1.41. Royals pitchers gave up 207 long balls in addition to 859 total runs (28th in the league). Kansas City surrendered 1,429 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 809 earned runs. The Royals held a team earned run average of 5.17 last year (28th in baseball), and their staff struck out 1,270 hitters. They walked 553 players from the other team and their FIP was 4.70 as a unit over the course of the prior season.

The Royals dispatched 526 relievers to the mound in the previous season. The bullpen inherited 195 base runners for the prior year with 36.9% of them earned a run for their team. They recorded 28 saves in the prior season and blew 25 out of their 53 chances to save the game. The Royals relief pitchers compiled a save rate of 52.8% and entered the game in 119 save situations. The relievers finished with 66 holds during the previous year (28th in MLB). Royals pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on base 121 times in addition to having 136 games in high leverage situations.

The Royals transformed 68.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,681 innings, which ranked them 19th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals earned a total of 4,227 putouts in the previous season, as well as 1,391 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding rate was at .986 which had them ranked 12th in MLB, and had 123 double plays.

Wacha has thrown 1,288 innings and has tallied 1,145 punch outs during his career. His ERA is 3.96 (567 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.292. He has surrendered 1,251 base knocks (8.7 hits per nine innings) with 413 walks. Wacha (88-54 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.05 and he has gone up against 5,445 batters during his time in the majors.

The Orioles had a team SLG% of .421 and they scored 4.98 runs per game (7th in baseball). They hit 309 two-baggers, while taking a walk 512 times as well as scoring 807 runs. Baltimore hit 183 home runs for the prior year to go along with 780 runs batted in. They were rung up on 1,370 occasions (19th in the league) and earned 1,399 hits. The Baltimore Orioles compiled an on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a batting average of .255 over the course of the prior season.

The Orioles had a team WHIP of 1.243 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.98 as a team over the course of last year. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 8.90 (1,431 strikeouts vs 473 walks). They ranked 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,334. They surrendered 177 home runs and they surrender 4.20 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Baltimore pitching staff relinquished 678 runs over the course of last season while holding a team ERA of 3.90 (629 earned runs yielded).

Baltimore relief pitchers held an inherited score rate of 33.9% out of their 289 inherited base runners. Their relievers took the field 205 times in high leverage situations in addition to 197 occasions with runners on. With 191 save situations, the Orioles tallied 108 holds in addition to 31 blown saves. They were ranked 17th in the league with a save percentage of 61.3%, and they sent 560 bullpen pitchers to the mound last year. Baltimore called on relievers to enter the game in 80 save opportunities and they earned 49 saves.

Out of their 13,083 innings on the diamond, the Orioles finished with a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (12th in pro baseball). The Baltimore Orioles had 140 double plays and had a fielding rate of .988 (5th in baseball). The Orioles recorded 1,444 assists, 71 errors and earned 4,361 putouts for the previous season.

In his pro baseball career, Kremer has given up 372 base hits while he has totaled 313 punch outs in 370 frames. Kremer (22-20 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 4.35 ERA while conceding 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 179 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.345 and a FIP of 4.5. His K/BB ratio is 2.48 and he has faced 1,575 batters in his pro baseball career.

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Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Baltimore

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