Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 8/18/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals (66-55) are traveling to Great American Ball Park on Sunday where they will compete against the Cincinnati Reds (60-61). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Brady Singer and Andrew Abbott.

The Royals have accrued 200 two-baggers as a team and have hit 132 baseballs out of the stadium. Kansas City is slugging .416 and have struck out 819 times, while drawing a walk on 315 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are recording 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in the league. They have accounted for 561 RBI's in addition to 1,028 hits for the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .254. They have accumulated 577 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .311.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.69 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.27. Royals pitchers have surrendered 117 home runs and 493 runs in total (7th in the league). Kansas City has allowed 992 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 458 earned runs. The Royals have an earned run average of 3.88 on the season (12th in MLB), and they have rung up 961 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 357 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.93 as a squad this year.

The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 61.7% and stepped onto the hill in 106 save situations. The relievers have inherited 170 runners this year and 27.6% of them ended up crossing the plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 95 times in addition to having 112 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 373 relievers to the hill for the year. The relievers are sitting with 58 holds for the year (18th in baseball). They have earned 29 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 18 out of their 47 save opportunities.

The Royals have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,573 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 17th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 3,191 putouts this season, in addition to 1,097 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which ranks 6th in pro baseball, and they have turned 96 double plays.

Singer has thrown 640 innings and is sitting with 605 K's so far in his career. His earned run average is 4.25 (302 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.322. He has conceded 647 base hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 199 free passes. Singer (35-39 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.19 while he has gone up against 2,741 opposing batters in the majors.

Cincinnati has knocked in 146 HRs on the year to go along with 514 RBIs. They have recorded 199 two-baggers, while taking a walk 363 times and scoring 543 runs. The Cincinnati Reds are sitting with an on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a batting average of .230 on the campaign. The Reds have a SLG% of .402 and they score 4.49 runs per game (14th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,092 occasions (7th in MLB) and have 916 hits.

The Reds have a team WHIP of 1.232 and have a FIP of 4.06 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (1,036 strikeouts against 369 walks). They come in at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 945. They have allowed 130 home runs and they concede 4.12 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Cincinnati pitching staff have allowed 488 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.84 (455 earned runs surrendered).

Cincinnati has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 35 save opportunities and they have come away with 26 saves. They rank 1st in baseball with a save percentage of 74.3%, and they have dispatched 391 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 111 times in high leverage situations and also on 104 occasions with runners on base. Cincinnati relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 27.9% out of 165 inherited runners. Sitting with 105 save situations, the Reds have accrued 68 holds and also 9 blown saves.

In 9,600 innings played, the Reds hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (12th in professional baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 73 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (26th in baseball). The Reds have recorded 918 assists, 74 errors and have earned 3,200 putouts this season.

During his MLB career, Abbott has given up 221 base hits and he has 230 K's in 242 innings. Abbott (18-15 career mark) is the owner of a 3.72 earned run average while conceding 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 100 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.305 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.42 and he has faced 1,023 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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