Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 6/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, June 14, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Los Angeles Dodgers (42-27) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (39-30) at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The men taking the mound will be Cole Ragans and Gavin Stone.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .410 and have been called out on strikes 481 times, while being walked on 198 occasions. They have amassed 326 RBI's as well as 584 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average comes in at .253. The Royals have accrued 123 doubles as a squad and have smacked 69 balls out of the stadium. They have 337 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .315. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are recording 4.9 runs per game, which is 6th in the league.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 3.87 this year (12th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 542 batters. Royals pitchers have yielded 61 long balls in addition to 278 total runs (10th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 211 opposing players and their FIP is 3.87 as a team this year. Kansas City has surrendered 562 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 261 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.57 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27.

Royals pitchers have entered the game with players on base 50 times and also have had 71 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 35 holds this year (19th in baseball). The Royals relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.7% and has entered the game in 63 save situations. They have recorded 18 saves so far this year and have blown 9 of 27 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 90 base runners this season with 28.9% of those players crossed the plate. The Royals have sent 217 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 1,821 putouts so far this season, in addition to 625 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which is 7th in the majors, and have 47 double plays. The Royals have turned 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,463 innings on the field, ranking them 16th in professional baseball.

Ragans has taken the ball for 215 innings and has tallied 238 K's thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.60 (86 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.214. He has surrendered 179 base knocks (7.5 hits per nine innings) and has 82 walks. Ragans (11-12 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.55 and he has gone up against 891 hitters in the majors.

The Los Angeles Dodgers hold an OBP of .338 and a team batting average of .258 so far this season. They have struck out on 569 occasions (12th in the league) and are sitting with 607 base hits. Los Angeles has accumulated 92 home runs this year and 334 runs batted in. The Dodgers hold a team SLG% of .440 and they are recording 5.04 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have recorded 131 doubles, while taking a walk 270 times as well as scoring 348 runs.

The Dodgers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.126 in addition to having a FIP of 3.81 as a pitching staff this season. They are sitting at 5th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 497. The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 244 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.26 (224 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.70 (597 strikeouts against 199 free passes). They have conceded 72 homers and they concede 3.55 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.1% out of their 56 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 61 times in high leverage situations and on 44 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 63 save situations, the Dodgers have recorded 36 holds and also 7 blown saves. They rank 5th in MLB holding a save percentage of 73.1%, and they have dispatched 212 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 26 save opportunities and they have walked away with 19 saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 45 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (6th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have racked up 598 assists, 32 errors and have a total of 1,855 putouts during this campaign. In 5,565 innings on the field, the Dodgers have a defensive efficiency of 72.7% (3rd in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Stone has allowed 109 base knocks while earning 75 punch outs in 98 innings. He has allowed 53 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.456 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.21 and he has gone up against 432 opposing batters in his career. Stone (8-3 career record) holds a 4.86 earned run average and has surrendered 10.0 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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