Miami Marlins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (42-37) will attempt to beat the Miami Marlins (27-50) on Tuesday. The starting pitchers are Yonny Chirinos and Seth Lugo.

As a unit, the Miami Marlins are knocking in 3.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 29th in MLB. They have 273 runs while having a team OBP of .282. The Marlins have hit 101 doubles as a team and have hit 63 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 266 RBI's as well as 603 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .232. Miami is slugging .353 and have been called out on strikes 610 times, while drawing a walk on 159 occasions.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.37 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.36. Marlins pitchers have allowed 80 home runs and also 394 runs in total (28th in the league). Miami has allowed 674 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 352 earned runs. The Marlins have a team ERA of 4.62 on the season (27th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 617 hitters. They have walked 260 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.20 as a squad this year.

Marlins pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 82 times in addition to having 86 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 30 holds this season (29th in the league). The Marlins relievers have a save percentage of 44.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 55 save situations. They have compiled 11 saves this year and have blown 14 out of their 25 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 110 runners over the course of the season and 32.7% of those players crossed home plate. The Marlins have sent 267 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Marlins have turned 68.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 6,177 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 27th in the majors. The Miami Marlins have notched a total of 2,059 putouts on the campaign, as well as 737 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which ranks 29th in baseball, and they have turned 62 double plays.

Chirinos (20-15 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.96 while he has faced 1,372 batters in the majors. He has given up 316 base knocks (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 85 walks. His earned run average is 4.02 (148 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.211. Chirinos has thrown 331 innings and has earned 264 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

Kansas City has recorded 76 HRs this season to go along with 351 RBIs. They have notched 136 two-baggers, while taking a walk 222 times as well as scoring 362 runs. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .306 and a batting average of .244 on the campaign. The Royals hold a team SLG% of .397 and they are recording 4.58 runs per outing (11th in the league). They have struck out on 556 occasions (27th in MLB) and have earned 641 base hits.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.280 in addition to having a FIP of 3.95 as a staff on the year. They are currently ranked 19th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 640. The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 320 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.91 (300 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.00 (611 strikeouts against 243 walks). They have yielded 73 long balls and they relinquish 4.17 runs per 9 innings (11th in baseball).

Sitting with 67 save situations, the Royals have earned 36 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 30 save chances and they have tallied 19 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 75 times in high leverage situations and also on 62 occasions with base runners. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.9% of 108 inherited runners. They rank 16th in the league with a save percentage of 63.3%, and they have dispatched 249 relief pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season.

In 6,210 innings played, the Royals have a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (14th in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 58 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in professional baseball). The Royals have recorded 715 assists, 39 errors and have accounted for 2,070 putouts for the season.

During his pro baseball career, Lugo has conceded 666 base knocks while tallying 735 K's in 745 innings. Lugo (50-33 career mark) holds a 3.35 earned run average while allowing 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 277 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.158 and a FIP of 3.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.73 and he has faced 3,069 opposing hitters during his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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