Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros Prediction, 8/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+127) Houston (-107)

The Houston Astros (70-62) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (75-58) at Minute Maid Park on Thursday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +127 while the Astros are sitting at -107. The total is set at 7.5. The starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Hunter Brown.

Kansas City is slugging .425 and have been called out on strikes 901 times, while being walked on 348 occasions. They have accounted for 631 runs batted in and 1,154 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is .258. The Royals have hit 235 two-baggers as a team and have hit 150 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 649 runs and hold an OBP of .314. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.9 runs/g, which puts them at 8th in the league.

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The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.86 this year (11th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,064 batters. Royals pitchers have allowed 124 long balls in addition to 542 total runs (8th in baseball). They have walked 393 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.88 as a squad so far this year. Kansas City has allowed 1,093 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 502 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.71 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Royals have dispatched 413 relievers to the hill so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 186 base runners over the course of the season and 27.4% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 34 saves so far this season and have not converted 19 of 53 chances to save the game. The Royals bullpen have compiled a save rate of 64.2% and has come into the game in 119 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 64 holds so far this season (18th in baseball). Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 105 times and also have had 121 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have converted 69.5% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,545 innings, which ranks them 19th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 3,515 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,192 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which is 12th in the majors, and have a total of 107 double plays.

Singer (36-40 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.18 while facing 2,789 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 663 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 200 walks. His ERA is 4.25 (307 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.326. Singer has pitched in 651 innings and has accounted for 616 K's thus far in his career.

The Astros hold a team SLG% of .416 and they score 4.52 runs per game (13th in baseball). They have recorded 209 two-baggers, while walking 358 times as well as scoring 597 runs. Houston has knocked in 156 long balls over the course of the season as well as 571 RBIs. They have struck out on 962 occasions (28th in baseball) and have accounted for 1,174 base hits. The Houston Astros have compiled an OBP of .320 in addition to a batting average of .260 on the year.

The Houston pitching staff have given up 530 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.80 (495 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 150 home runs and they surrender 4.07 runs per 9 innings (5th in MLB). The Astros have a team WHIP of 1.253 and have a FIP of 4.10 as a team this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.30 (1,206 strikeouts vs 466 walks). They are currently ranked 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,002.

Houston has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 53 save chances and they have earned 33 saves. They rank 17th in the league with a save percentage of 62.3%, and they have sent 418 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 125 times in high leverage situations and on 78 occasions with base runners. Houston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.6% out of their 116 inherited base runners. Sitting with 130 save situations, the Astros have earned 76 holds and also 20 blown saves.

In their 10,548 innings played, the Astros are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (7th in the majors). The Houston Astros have turned 110 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in professional baseball). The Astros have racked up 1,065 assists, 65 errors and have amassed 3,516 putouts so far this season.

Brown (24-20 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.21 earned run average and has conceded 8.7 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.08 and he has faced 1,337 batters in his MLB career. He has allowed a total of 148 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.326 and having a FIP of 4.2. Thus far in his career, Brown has given up 305 base hits while he has totaled 351 K's in 316 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Houston (-107)

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