Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 6/16/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Los Angeles Dodgers (42-28) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (40-30) at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. The expected starting pitchers will be Brady Singer and Tyler Glasnow.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .410 and have been called out on strikes 484 times, while being walked on 202 occasions. They have compiled 330 runs batted in in addition to 593 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .253. The Royals have earned 126 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 69 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 341 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .316. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 6th in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.58 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.27. Royals pitchers have allowed 62 home runs in addition to 281 total runs (11th in baseball). Kansas City has yielded 567 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 262 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.83 for the season (11th in the league), and their staff has struck out 550 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 213 opposing players and their FIP is 3.86 as a team this year.

The Royals relievers have a save percentage of 64.3% and has come into the game in 64 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 91 base runners for the season and 29.7% of those runners earned a run for their team. Royals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 51 times as well as having 72 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 220 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have 35 holds for the season (19th in MLB). They have tallied 18 saves over the course of the season and have blown 10 out of their 28 save opportunities.

The Royals have converted 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,544 innings, which has them sitting at 14th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 1,848 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 637 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which ranks 8th in the majors, and they have turned 48 double plays.

Singer has pitched in 576 innings and has racked up 547 punch outs in his MLB career. Singer (31-34 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.28 and he has faced 2,476 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.35 (278 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.333. He has conceded 586 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) with 181 walks.

Los Angeles has 93 home runs on the year to go along with 335 RBIs. They have 131 two-baggers, while getting a free base 272 times and scoring 349 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have tallied an on-base percentage of .337 as well as a batting average of .256 this season. The Dodgers hold a slugging percentage of .437 and they have an average of 4.99 runs per contest (5th in MLB). They have struck out on 577 occasions (12th in the league) and have totaled 612 base hits.

The Dodgers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.129 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.81 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (605 strikeouts vs 205 walks). They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 503. They have relinquished 72 dingers and they allow 3.54 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Los Angeles pitching staff have relinquished 247 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.26 (227 earned runs yielded).

Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 26 save chances and they have earned 19 saves. They are ranked 4th in the league holding a save percentage of 73.1%, and they have sent 217 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 61 times in high leverage situations and also on 44 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.1% out of their 56 inherited base runners. Sitting with 63 save situations, the Dodgers have accrued 36 holds and 7 blown saves.

Out of their 5,646 innings played, the Dodgers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 72.7% (3rd in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 48 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in MLB). The Dodgers have racked up 607 assists, 33 errors and have accumulated 1,882 putouts so far this season.

So far in his MLB career, Glasnow has surrendered 484 hits while totaling 794 strikeouts in 615 innings pitched. Glasnow (36-32 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.80 ERA while surrendering 7.1 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 260 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.170 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.36 and he has faced 2,533 hitters during his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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