Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 4/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-142) Chicago (+120)

The Kansas City Royals (11-6) are en route to Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday where they will meet the Chicago White Sox (2-14). The odds on this game have Kansas City at -142 while Chicago is sitting at +120. The total is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Michael Wacha and Erick Fedde.

The Royals have hit 26 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 21 baseballs out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .416 and have been called out on strikes 134 times, while drawing a walk on 54 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are notching 5.1 runs per game, which is 11th in the league. They have compiled 81 RBI's and 139 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .245. They are sitting with 87 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .313.

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The Royals hold a team earned run average of 2.86 on the year (2nd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 127 batters. Royals pitchers have given up 9 home runs and 48 runs in total (1st in the league). They have walked 50 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.49 as a team this season. Kansas City has surrendered 134 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 48 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.54 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.22.

The Royals bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 71.4% and has entered the game in 16 save situations. The relievers have inherited 15 runners so far this season and 20.0% of them ended up scoring. Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 8 times as well as having 22 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 52 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 9 holds for the year (18th in baseball). They have 5 saves on the year and have missed out on 2 of 7 save opportunities.

The Royals have turned 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 1,359 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 9th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 453 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 160 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which has them ranked 14th in pro baseball, and they have turned 16 double plays.

Wacha (89-55 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.04 while he has gone up against 5,514 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 1,266 base knocks (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 417 walks. His earned run average is 3.96 (575 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.289. Wacha has pitched in 1,306 innings and is sitting with 1,162 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

Chicago is sitting with 8 home runs for the season to go along with 31 RBIs. They have recorded 26 two-baggers, while taking a walk 44 times as well as scoring 34 runs. The Chicago White Sox have recorded an OBP of .268 and a batting average of .196 on the season. The White Sox have a slugging percentage of .300 and they are scoring 2.12 runs per game (30th in baseball). They have struck out on 139 occasions (14th in MLB) and have notched a total of 99 hits.

The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.445 and have a FIP of 5.03 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They are currently ranked 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 132. The Chicago pitching staff have conceded 87 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.79 (74 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.40 (130 strikeouts vs 69 walks). They have surrendered 22 dingers and they relinquish 5.63 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball).

Chicago has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 6 save chances and they have walked away with 2 saves. They sit at 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 33.3%, and they have sent 60 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 22 times in high leverage situations and also on 24 occasions with runners on. Chicago relievers have an inherited score rate of 42.1% out of 38 inherited base runners. Sitting with 10 save situations, the White Sox have 4 holds and also 4 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have turned 12 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (26th in professional baseball). The White Sox have recorded 142 assists, 12 errors and have a tally of 418 putouts on the campaign. In 1,254 innings on the field, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (13th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Fedde has allowed 516 hits while tallying 366 K's in 469 innings pitched. Fedde (21-33 career record) holds a 5.37 ERA and has allowed 9.9 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 280 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.520 and having a FIP of 5.2. His K/BB ratio is 1.86 and he has gone up against 2,079 batters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-142)

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