Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+130) Detroit (-160)

The Kansas City Royals (17-10) are headed to Comerica Park on Sunday where they will take on the Detroit Tigers (14-12). The odds on this game have the Royals at +130 while the Tigers are at -160. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Brady Singer and Casey Mize.

Kansas City is slugging .396 and have been called out on strikes 185 times, while taking a walk on 84 occasions. They have accounted for 119 runs batted in and 208 hits so far this year, while their batting average sits at .237. The Royals have earned 41 doubles as a team and have knocked 29 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 127 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .306. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.37 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Royals pitchers have relinquished 16 home runs and 80 runs (1st in the league). Kansas City has conceded 208 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 79 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.01 for the season (2nd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 197 batters. They have walked 83 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.54 as a squad on the season.

The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 80.0% and stepped onto the hill in 25 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 25 base runners on the year with 20.0% of those players crossed the plate. Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 13 times and also have had 33 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 82 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The bullpen have a total of 14 holds on the year (19th in baseball). They have earned 8 saves so far this year and have missed out on 2 out of their 10 save opportunities.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 708 putouts so far this season, in addition to 252 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which has them ranked 4th in baseball, and have accumulated 21 double plays. The Royals have turned 70.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,124 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 9th in MLB.

Singer (5-3 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.13 while he has faced 255 batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 59 base knocks (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 20 free passes. His ERA is 4.53 (29 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.370. Singer has thrown 57 innings and is sitting with 52 punch outs in his career.

The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .343 and they average 3.88 runs per game (21st in the league). They have hit 35 doubles, while walking 84 times and putting up 101 runs. Detroit has 20 HRs this season to go along with 93 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 244 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned 193 hits. The Detroit Tigers are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .294 as well as a batting average of .219 so far this year.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.101 in addition to having a FIP of 3.84 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (228 strikeouts against 75 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 186. They have given up 27 homers and they concede 3.87 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 102 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.19 (84 earned runs yielded).

Detroit has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 14 save opportunities and they have tallied 8 saves. They are ranked 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 79 relievers onto the field for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 37 times in high leverage situations in addition to 25 occasions with runners on base. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.1% out of their 32 inherited runners. With 20 save situations, the Tigers have earned 6 holds and 6 blown saves.

In 2,136 innings played, the Tigers hold a defensive efficiency of 73.0% (1st in baseball). The Detroit Tigers have gotten 19 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (24th in professional baseball). The Tigers have recorded 225 assists, 17 errors and have 712 putouts during this campaign.

In his pro baseball career, Mize has allowed 238 base hits and he has 173 punch outs in 220 innings. He has given up 120 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.377 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 and he has faced 948 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Mize (8-18 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.91 earned run average and has conceded 9.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Detroit (-160) and under 8.5 runs

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