Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Milwaukee Brewers (20-13) are hitting the road to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday where they will meet the Kansas City Royals (20-15). The starting pitchers will be Colin Rea and Seth Lugo.

Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .412 and have struck out 305 times, while drawing a walk on 124 occasions. They have accrued 156 RBI's as well as 291 hits on the season, while their team batting average sits at .254. The Brewers have tallied 54 doubles as a team and have smacked 39 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 165 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .333. As a unit, the Milwaukee Brewers are putting up 5.0 runs per outing, which has them at 6th in the league.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.28 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.31. Brewers pitchers have yielded 40 long balls and also 144 total runs (14th in baseball). Milwaukee has given up 268 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 131 earned runs. The Brewers have compiled a team ERA of 4.01 for the season (19th in the league), and their staff has rung up 264 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 116 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.46 as a team so far this season.

Brewers pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 30 times as well as having 37 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 18 holds so far this year (19th in the league). The Brewers relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 73.3% and has come into the game in 33 save situations. They have earned 11 saves so far this season and have blown 4 out of their 15 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 43 base runners this season with 32.6% of them earned a run for their team. The Brewers have sent 110 relievers to the mound this season.

The Milwaukee Brewers have accounted for 882 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 289 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which puts them in 8th in pro baseball, and have a total of 22 double plays. The Brewers have transformed 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 2,646 innings, which has them ranked 8th in pro baseball.

Rea (17-14 career record) holds a FIP of 4.67 while facing 1,334 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 293 base knocks (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 106 walks. His ERA is 4.52 (157 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.276. Rea has thrown 312 frames and has tallied 254 strikeouts thus far in his career.

Kansas City has knocked in 35 long balls for the season as well as 153 runs batted in. They have hit 56 doubles, while taking a walk 101 times as well as notching 161 runs. The Kansas City Royals have tallied an OBP of .303 in addition to a batting average of .238 this year. The Royals have a team slugging % of .389 and they average 4.60 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have struck out on 234 instances (29th in baseball) and have recorded 275 hits.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.258 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.64 as a staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 7.80 (265 strikeouts against 107 free passes). They sit at 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 278. They have given up 24 homers and they give up 3.44 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 117 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.35 (114 earned runs allowed).

With 32 save situations, the Royals have tallied 18 holds and 4 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 13 save chances and they have walked away with 9 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 37 times in high leverage situations and on 17 occasions with base runners. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 18.2% out of their 33 inherited runners. They sit at 11th in MLB with a save rate of 69.2%, and they have dispatched 106 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 24 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .990 (3rd in professional baseball). The Royals have accrued 323 assists, 12 errors and have accounted for 918 putouts so far this year. Out of their 2,754 innings on the field, the Royals have a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (12th in the majors).

So far in his pro baseball career, Lugo has conceded 614 base knocks while totaling 679 punch outs in 686 innings. He has conceded a total of 257 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.163 and a FIP of 3.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.69 and he has faced 2,827 opposing batters so far in his career. Lugo (45-32 career win-loss record) has a 3.37 ERA while conceding 8.1 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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