Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (40-20) are hosting the Kansas City Royals (36-26) at Progressive Field on Thursday. The starting pitchers are Daniel Lynch and Tanner Bibee.

As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.9 runs/g, which puts them at 6th in MLB. They are sitting with 302 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .313. The Royals have tallied 109 doubles as a squad and have knocked 64 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 292 RBI's and 523 hits for the year, while their average at the plate sits at .253. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .411 and have been called out on strikes 436 times, while taking a walk on 172 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.60 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.26. Royals pitchers have conceded 50 home runs and 231 total runs (8th in MLB). Kansas City has surrendered 496 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 217 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.60 this season (9th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 483 hitters. They have walked 186 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.72 as a squad for the season.

Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 42 times as well as having 64 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 31 holds for the season (16th in the league). The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 65.4% and has entered the game in 58 save situations. They have compiled 17 saves for the season and have blown 9 of 26 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 77 base runners so far this year and 28.6% of them earned a run for their team. The Royals have dispatched 191 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 1,629 putouts thus far, in addition to 550 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which is 7th in professional baseball, and they have turned 42 double plays. The Royals have turned 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 4,887 innings, which has them sitting at 13th in pro baseball.

Lynch has thrown 264 frames and is sitting with 219 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 5.01 (147 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.489. He has given up 292 base hits (10.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 101 walks. Lynch (11-23 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.79 while he has faced 1,180 batters during his time in the major leagues.

Cleveland has accumulated 66 HRs so far this season as well as 281 runs batted in. They have recorded 99 doubles, while getting a free base 188 times as well as notching 306 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated an OBP of .315 as well as a batting average of .238 on the year. The Guardians hold a team slugging percentage of .395 and they score 5.10 runs per contest (3rd in MLB). They have struck out on 447 occasions (26th in the league) and have a total of 472 base hits.

The Guardians have a WHIP of 1.190 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.75 as a unit so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.00 (540 strikeouts vs 177 free passes). They sit at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 463. They have surrendered 62 long balls and they concede 3.76 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 225 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.50 (209 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 83 save situations, the Guardians have earned 51 holds and also 9 blown saves. Cleveland has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 31 save chances and they have walked away with 22 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 84 times in high leverage situations and also on 59 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 22.5% of 71 inherited runners. They rank 8th in the league with a save rate of 71.0%, and they have dispatched 221 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this year.

Out of their 4,842 innings on the diamond, the Guardians have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (15th in baseball). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 55 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (16th in baseball). The Guardians have racked up 516 assists, 34 errors and have accounted for 1,614 putouts for the year.

Bibee (14-5 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.22 ERA while conceding 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.33 and he has faced 855 hitters during his career. He has surrendered a total of 74 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.174 and a FIP of 3.5. So far in his career, Bibee has given up 180 base hits while earning 210 strikeouts in 207 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland

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