Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 6/22/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Texas Rangers (34-40) will play the Kansas City Royals (41-34) at Globe Life Field on Saturday. The starting pitchers will be Michael Wacha and Max Scherzer.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .403 and have been called out on strikes 521 times, while being walked on 218 occasions. They have amassed 346 runs batted in in addition to 623 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .249. The Royals have hit 131 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 72 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 357 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .312. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 8th in the league.

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The Royals are sitting with a team ERA of 3.86 for the season (14th in the league), and their staff has rung up 585 hitters. Royals pitchers have relinquished 69 home runs in addition to 302 total runs (10th in baseball). They have walked 228 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a squad for the season. Kansas City has given up 605 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 282 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.57 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Royals have dispatched 236 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 99 base runners for the year with 27.3% of those players crossed home plate. They have recorded 18 saves on the campaign and have blown 10 out of their 28 chances to save the game. The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 64.3% and stepped onto the hill in 64 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 35 holds so far this season (21st in MLB). Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 56 times in addition to having 72 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have turned 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 5,913 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 13th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 1,971 putouts thus far, in addition to 680 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which has them sitting 8th in the majors, and have accumulated 53 double plays.

Wacha (92-59 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 3.92 and he has faced 5,728 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 1,316 base hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 433 walks. His ERA is 3.98 (599 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.290. Wacha has taken the mound for 1,355 innings and has earned 1,201 punch outs in his MLB career.

Texas has accumulated 72 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 297 RBIs. They have notched 97 doubles, while taking a walk 232 times as well as earning 313 runs. The Texas Rangers have tallied an OBP of .306 as well as a batting average of .236 so far this year. The Rangers hold a team slugging percentage of .370 and they tally 4.23 runs per contest (17th in the league). They have been rung up on 566 occasions (25th in the league) and have earned a total of 589 base hits.

The Texas pitching staff have conceded 329 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.15 (300 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 84 homers and they yield 4.55 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball). The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.295 in addition to having a FIP of 4.26 as a squad on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (635 strikeouts against 272 free passes). They come in at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 571.

Texas bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 34.5% out of 145 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 79 times in high leverage situations and also on 87 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 54 save situations, the Rangers have accrued 30 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. They are currently ranked 21st in MLB holding a save rate of 59.1%, and they have dispatched 220 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Texas has called on relievers to enter the game in 22 save opportunities and they have recorded 13 saves.

The Texas Rangers have gotten 57 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (10th in professional baseball). The Rangers have racked up 647 assists, 36 errors and have accounted for 1,953 putouts so far this year. In 5,859 innings played, the Rangers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (6th in professional baseball).

Scherzer (227-114 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.18 earned run average while conceding 7.3 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.48 and he has faced 12,073 batters in his career. He has allowed 1,055 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.079 and having a FIP of 3.1. So far in his career, Scherzer has given up 2,432 base hits while totaling 3,541 strikeouts in 2,986 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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