Kansas City Royals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 7/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Sunday, July 7, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-194) Colorado (+162)

Coors Field is the site where the Colorado Rockies (31-57) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (48-42) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Royals at -194 while the Rockies are opening at +162. The over/under is set at 10.5. The men taking the mound will be Brady Singer and Ryan Feltner.

The Royals have hit 153 doubles as a squad and have knocked 89 balls out of the park. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .402 and have struck out 626 times, while being walked on 248 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are earning 4.5 runs per outing, which is 13th in baseball. They have earned 394 RBI's in addition to 730 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is at .245. They have earned 407 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .306.

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The Royals have an earned run average of 3.84 so far this year (10th in the league), and they have rung up 721 hitters. Royals pitchers have given up 81 long balls in addition to 358 runs in total (10th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 281 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.88 as a unit over the course of the season. Kansas City has given up 726 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 336 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.57 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28.

The Royals have sent 285 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 124 base runners so far this year and 26.6% of those players crossed the plate. They have recorded 22 saves so far this year and have blown 12 of their 34 save chances. The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 64.7% and has come into the game in 77 save situations. The relief pitchers have earned 42 holds on the season (20th in baseball). Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 71 times as well as having 84 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 2,364 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 813 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which has them sitting 11th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 65 double plays. The Royals have turned 69.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,092 innings on the field, which has them ranked 16th in the majors.

Singer has pitched in 599 innings and is sitting with 564 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.27 (284 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.321. He has conceded 602 base knocks (9.1 hits per nine innings) with 189 free passes. Singer (31-36 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.21 and he has faced 2,568 hitters in the major leagues.

The Rockies have a slugging percentage of .391 and they are recording 4.19 runs per game (18th in MLB). They have notched 154 two-baggers, while walking 246 times as well as recording 369 runs. Colorado has 85 home runs so far this year as well as 351 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 832 occasions (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 732 hits. The Colorado Rockies have tallied a team OBP of .305 in addition to a batting average of .245 so far this season.

The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 511 runs this season while having a team ERA of 5.47 (475 earned runs allowed). They have given up 100 homers and they yield 5.89 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.538 and have a FIP of 4.68 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 6.60 (575 strikeouts against 315 free passes). They come in at 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 886.

Sitting with 68 save situations, the Rockies have earned 32 holds and also 19 blown saves. Colorado has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 36 save chances and they have tallied 17 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 93 times in high leverage situations and also on 92 occasions with runners on base. Colorado bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 40.0% out of 145 inherited runners. They rank 28th in the league with a save rate of 47.2%, and they have sent 261 relievers to the hill for the season.

In their 7,029 innings on the field, the Rockies hold a defensive efficiency of 66.8% (30th in baseball). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 90 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in professional baseball). The Rockies have recorded 889 assists, 42 errors and have accumulated 2,343 putouts on the season.

Thus far in his career, Feltner has conceded 265 base hits while he has earned 206 punch outs in 238 innings pitched. Feltner (7-21 career record) is the owner of a 5.91 earned run average while conceding 10.0 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 156 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.507 and having a FIP of 5.8. His K/BB ratio is 2.22 and he has gone up against 1,066 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (-194)

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