Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 8/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-104) Cleveland (-116)

The Kansas City Royals (72-58) are headed to Progressive Field on Tuesday where they will attempt to beat the Cleveland Guardians (75-55). The odds on this game have the Royals at -104 while the Guardians are coming in at -116. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Michael Lorenzen and Gavin Williams.

Kansas City is slugging .422 and have been rung up 882 times, while taking a walk on 337 occasions. They have 613 RBI's as well as 1,124 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average comes in at .257. The Royals have accrued 227 doubles as a team and have knocked 144 balls out of the stadium. They have 630 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .313. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are knocking in 4.9 runs per outing, which ranks them 8th in baseball.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.73 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.27. Royals pitchers have allowed 123 home runs in addition to 534 total runs (8th in the league). Kansas City has allowed 1,076 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 497 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.91 over the course of the season (11th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,044 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 382 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.88 as a team on the season.

Royals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 101 times as well as having 117 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 64 holds on the campaign (17th in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have a save rate of 64.0% and stepped onto the hill in 115 save situations. They have recorded 32 saves so far this year and have missed out on 18 out of their 50 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 181 runners so far this year with 28.2% of them earned a run for their team. The Royals have sent 402 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Royals have converted 69.3% of balls in play into outs out of 10,302 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 21st in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 3,434 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,174 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which puts them in 8th in pro baseball, and they have turned 107 double plays.

Lorenzen (47-44 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.96 while he has gone up against 3,584 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 770 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 345 free passes. His earned run average is 4.03 (379 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.316. Lorenzen has taken the mound for 847 innings and has 693 punch outs during his pro baseball career.

The Guardians have a team slugging % of .395 and they average 4.56 runs per contest (13th in the league). They have recorded 197 two-baggers, while taking a walk 382 times and putting up 593 runs. Cleveland has knocked in 150 HRs so far this year as well as 559 RBIs. They have struck out on 946 occasions (27th in baseball) and have accounted for 1,018 hits. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .237 this year.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.218 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.12 as a unit so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.80 (1,126 strikeouts against 407 walks). They come in at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 996. They have conceded 153 home runs and they relinquish 4.03 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 516 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.78 (484 earned runs relinquished).

Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 58 save chances and they have recorded 43 saves. They are ranked 1st in the league with a save rate of 74.1%, and they have sent 474 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 168 times in high leverage situations and also on 137 occasions with runners on. Cleveland relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.8% out of their 187 inherited runners. With 161 save situations, the Guardians have accumulated 101 holds in addition to 15 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 109 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in baseball). The Guardians have racked up 1,136 assists, 69 errors and have earned 3,456 putouts so far this year. In their 10,368 innings played, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (6th in the majors).

In his career, Williams has allowed 116 base knocks while he has accumulated 133 K's in 129 innings. Williams (5-11 career mark) has a 3.97 ERA and has surrendered 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 57 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.332 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and he has gone up against 558 batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Cleveland (-116) and under 8.5 runs

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