Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, August 3, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Detroit Tigers (52-57) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (60-49) at Comerica Park on Saturday. The men taking the mound are Cole Ragans and Tarik Skubal.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in MLB. They have accumulated 512 runs and have an OBP of .311. The Royals have accumulated 179 doubles as a squad and have knocked 114 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 498 RBI's in addition to 914 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .252. Kansas City has a slugging rate of .411 and have been called out on strikes 729 times, while being walked on 288 occasions.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 3.80 on the campaign (10th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 869 hitters. Royals pitchers have given up 101 home runs in addition to 430 total runs (5th in the league). They have walked 319 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.86 as a team on the year. Kansas City has conceded 879 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 404 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.72 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25.

Royals pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 81 times in addition to having 97 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 52 holds this year (19th in MLB). The Royals relievers have earned a save percentage of 65.0% and stepped onto the hill in 93 save situations. They have tallied 26 saves on the campaign and have blown 14 of 40 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 145 runners this season and 25.5% of those players earned a run for their team. The Royals have sent 337 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 2,868 putouts so far this season, as well as 992 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 6th in the majors, and they have turned 83 double plays. The Royals have turned 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 8,604 innings on the field, which has them ranked 16th in pro baseball.

Ragans (14-15 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.59 while he has faced 1,094 hitters in the majors. He has given up 222 base hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 98 free passes. His ERA is 3.65 (107 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.212. Ragans has taken the mound for 264 innings and is sitting with 293 K's so far in his career.

The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .383 and they average 4.21 runs per outing (20th in the league). They have recorded 156 doubles, while getting a free base 309 times and putting up 459 runs. Detroit has accounted for 112 HRs on the year as well as 440 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 944 occasions (11th in the league) and have a total of 841 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .296 in addition to a team batting average of .231 this year.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.224 with a FIP of 3.81 as a squad for the season. They come in at 18th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 893. The Detroit pitching staff have conceded 470 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (425 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.60 (926 strikeouts vs 287 bases on balls). They have surrendered 115 home runs and they surrender 4.39 runs per 9 innings (15th in baseball).

With 86 save situations, the Tigers have tallied 44 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 41 save opportunities and they have earned 23 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 105 times in high leverage situations in addition to 115 occasions with runners on base. Detroit bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 26.5% of 162 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 25th in the league holding a save percentage of 56.1%, and they have dispatched 332 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year.

In their 8,682 innings played, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (21st in MLB). The Detroit Tigers have gotten 87 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in pro baseball). The Tigers have 927 assists, 60 errors and have 2,894 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his MLB career, Skubal has surrendered 427 base knocks and he has 574 strikeouts in 508 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 197 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.092 and a FIP of 3.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.48 and he has faced 2,069 batters during his pro baseball career. Skubal (35-30 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.49 ERA while allowing 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Detroit

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