Kansas City Royals vs New York Mets Prediction, 4/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs New York Mets

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals (8-4) are on their way to Citi Field on Friday where they will compete against the New York Mets (4-7). The starting pitchers will be Michael Wacha and Luis Severino.

The Royals have accrued 20 doubles as a team and have knocked 15 balls out of the park. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .428 and have been rung up 91 times, while taking a walk on 38 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.9 runs/g, which has them at 12th in baseball. They have 53 runs batted in and 99 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is sitting at .249. They have 59 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .314.

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The Royals are sitting with a team ERA of 2.50 so far this season (2nd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 95 batters. Royals pitchers have allowed 4 home runs and also 30 runs in total (1st in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 33 batters and their FIP is 3.04 as a team for the season. Kansas City has given up 89 base hits (7.4 per 9 innings) as well as 30 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.88 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.13.

Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 6 times in addition to having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 8 holds on the season (10th in the league). The Royals bullpen have compiled a save rate of 66.7% and has come into the game in 14 save situations. They have earned 4 saves this year and have blown 2 of 6 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 10 base runners so far this year with 20.0% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have dispatched 37 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 324 putouts this season, as well as 112 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which has them ranked 12th in pro baseball, and have a total of 10 double plays. The Royals have converted 70.7% of balls in play into outs out of 972 innings on the diamond, ranking them 8th in pro baseball.

Wacha has thrown 1,300 frames and has earned 1,158 strikeouts in his career. His earned run average is 3.95 (570 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.285. He has given up 1,256 hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) with 415 walks. Wacha (89-54 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.04 while he has gone up against 5,487 batters during his time in the majors.

New York is sitting with 11 long balls so far this year to go along with 37 RBIs. They have put up 10 doubles, while walking 41 times and scoring 38 runs. The New York Mets have recorded an on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .218 over the course of the season. The Mets hold a slugging % of .333 and they are earning 3.45 runs per contest (26th in baseball). They have struck out on 87 instances (28th in baseball) and are sitting with 81 hits.

The New York pitching staff have yielded 51 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.42 (38 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 7 home runs and they surrender 4.59 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league). The Mets have a team WHIP of 1.380 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.61 as a staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.70 (108 strikeouts vs 47 free passes). They come in at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 91.

New York has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 5 save opportunities and they have come away with 3 saves. They are currently ranked 16th in the league with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 40 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 22 times in high leverage situations in addition to 12 occasions with base runners. New York relievers hold an inherited score rate of 20.0% out of 15 inherited runners. With 15 save situations, the Mets have 10 holds and 2 blown saves.

The New York Mets have gotten 12 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .975 (27th in the majors). The Mets have racked up 85 assists, 10 errors and have earned 300 putouts this season. Out of their 900 innings on the field, the Mets are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 66.1% (27th in pro baseball).

Severino (54-38 record in his career) holds a 3.78 earned run average while giving up 8.1 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.69 and he has faced 3,070 batters during his MLB career. He has allowed a total of 310 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.191 and a FIP of 3.7. So far in his career, Severino has allowed 661 base knocks while he has accumulated 801 strikeouts in 737 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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