Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 5/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, May 25, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-120) Tampa Bay (+102)

The Kansas City Royals (32-19) are headed to Tropicana Field on Saturday where they will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (25-26). The line on this matchup has Kansas City at -120 and Tampa Bay is coming in at +102. The total is 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Brady Singer and Aaron Civale.

As a team, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have a total of 247 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .311. The Royals have hit 91 doubles as a unit and have hit 50 balls out of the park. They have tallied 238 RBI's and 423 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average is at .250. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .409 and have been called out on strikes 352 times, while being walked on 140 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.66 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.24. Royals pitchers have surrendered 41 home runs in addition to 175 runs in total (3rd in MLB). Kansas City has conceded 399 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 169 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 3.40 on the season (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 409 batters. They have walked 154 opposing players and their FIP is 3.65 as a team on the season.

The Royals have sent 154 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 56 base runners so far this season and 21.4% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 16 saves on the campaign and have blown 5 of their 21 chances to get a save. The Royals bullpen have compiled a save rate of 76.2% and has come into the game in 52 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 30 holds this season (10th in baseball). Royals pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 30 times as well as having 52 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 1,341 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 450 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .990 which has them ranked 2nd in baseball, and they have turned 34 double plays. The Royals have transformed 70.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 4,023 innings, which has them sitting at 8th in MLB.

Singer (31-33 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 3.90 while he has faced 2,406 batters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 566 base hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) with 177 walks. His ERA is 4.31 (269 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.321. Singer has taken the mound for 562 innings and has earned 536 K's in his career.

Tampa Bay has knocked in 42 long balls on the year to go along with 187 RBIs. They have put up 69 doubles, while walking 158 times and racking up 205 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have compiled an OBP of .310 as well as a team batting average of .239 on the year. The Rays have a team SLG% of .359 and they tally 4.02 runs per contest (22nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 464 instances (7th in MLB) and have earned a total of 407 hits.

The Rays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.246 in addition to having a FIP of 4.24 as a team this year. They are sitting at 25th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 425. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have yielded 245 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.38 (223 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (437 strikeouts against 146 bases on balls). They have yielded 67 long balls and they relinquish 4.81 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league).

Tampa Bay relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.0% of 58 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 75 times in high leverage situations in addition to 40 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 62 save situations, the Rays have 35 holds and also 10 blown saves. They rank 15th in the league with a save rate of 61.5%, and they have dispatched 164 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 26 save opportunities and they have tallied 16 saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 35 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (15th in baseball). The Rays have accrued 394 assists, 29 errors and have earned a total of 1,376 putouts for the season. In 4,128 innings on the diamond, the Rays have a efficiency on defense of 70.3% (12th in the majors).

In his pro baseball career, Civale has conceded 491 hits while he has totaled 480 strikeouts in 527 frames. He has given up a total of 241 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.186 and having a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.58 and he has faced 2,172 batters in his pro baseball career. Civale (33-30 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.12 ERA and has given up 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+102)

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