Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 7/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Fenway Park is where the Boston Red Sox (51-41) will play the Kansas City Royals (51-43) on Sunday. The starting pitchers will be Brady Singer and Brayan Bello.

Kansas City has a slugging rate of .406 and have been rung up 649 times, while drawing a walk on 252 occasions. They have accumulated 419 runs batted in and 771 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .247. The Royals have hit 158 doubles as a team and have knocked 97 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 432 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .306. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 12th in baseball.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.63 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27. Royals pitchers have surrendered 86 long balls and also 371 runs (5th in baseball). Kansas City has surrendered 756 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 347 earned runs. The Royals have a team earned run average of 3.79 for the year (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 756 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 288 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.88 as a team on the year.

Royals relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 72 times in addition to having 87 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have earned 47 holds for the year (16th in MLB). The Royals bullpen have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and has entered the game in 84 save situations. They have earned 24 saves so far this year and have not converted 12 of 36 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 126 base runners on the year with 27.0% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have sent 296 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Royals have converted 69.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 7,407 innings on the field, which ranks them 17th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 2,469 putouts on the campaign, as well as 844 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding rate is at .986 which has them ranked 11th in baseball, and have 69 double plays.

Singer has thrown 606 innings and has totaled 571 punch outs during his career. His earned run average is 4.24 (285 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.319. He has given up 608 base knocks (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has 191 free passes. Singer (32-36 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.17 while he has faced 2,595 batters in the majors.

The Boston Red Sox have accounted for an OBP of .322 and a batting average of .253 so far this season. They have been rung up on 891 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 803 base knocks. Boston has a total of 109 long balls on the year and 418 RBIs. The Red Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .424 and they are earning 4.73 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have 165 two-baggers, while walking 291 times as well as putting up 435 runs.

The Red Sox have a team WHIP of 1.192 and have a FIP of 3.68 as a pitching staff so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.80 (808 strikeouts vs 241 walks). They sit at 12th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 744. They have conceded 92 HR's and they yield 4.27 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Boston pitching staff have relinquished 392 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.65 (335 earned runs relinquished).

Boston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.0% out of 103 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 96 times in high leverage situations and on 75 occasions with runners on base. With 83 save situations, the Red Sox have 43 holds and also 13 blown saves. They sit at 13th in the league holding a save percentage of 65.8%, and they have dispatched 277 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Boston has had relief pitchers enter the game in 38 save chances and they have walked away with 25 saves.

In their 7,437 innings played, the Red Sox have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.4% (20th in professional baseball). The Boston Red Sox have turned 65 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in MLB). The Red Sox have racked up 793 assists, 67 errors and have accounted for 2,479 putouts over the course of the season.

Bello (23-24 career mark) holds a 4.65 ERA while allowing 10.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and he has gone up against 1,307 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 154 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.464 and having a FIP of 4.6. Thus far in his career, Bello has surrendered 332 base knocks while tallying 269 K's in 298 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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