Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 3/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports North

Kauffman Stadium is the site where the Kansas City Royals (56-106 last season) will take on the Minnesota Twins (87-75 last year) on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Joe Ryan and Seth Lugo.

Minnesota had a slugging percentage of .427 and struck out 1,654 times, while taking a walk on 594 occasions. They earned 745 RBI's as well as 1,335 base knocks over the course of last year, while their average at the plate was .243. The Twins accumulated 264 doubles as a squad and hit 233 baseballs out of the park. They notched a total of 778 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. As a team, the Minnesota Twins put up 4.8 runs per contest, which had them at 10th in baseball.

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They accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.52 and their pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.20. Twins pitchers relinquished 194 home runs and 659 runs in total (3rd in baseball). Minnesota allowed 1,294 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 624 earned runs. The Twins finished with a team earned run average of 3.87 in the prior season (6th in MLB), and the staff rung up 1,560 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 443 opposing hitters and their FIP came in at 3.89 as a team over the course of last year.

Twins pitchers entered the contest with players on base 118 times as well as having 186 outings in high leverage situations. The bullpen notched 79 holds last season (21st in baseball). The Twins relievers earned a save rate of 57.6% and stepped onto the mound in 147 save situations. They had 38 saves over the course of the prior season and missed out on 28 out of their 66 save chances. The relievers inherited 160 runners last season with 28.1% of them crossed home plate. The Twins had dispatched 490 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of last season.

The Twins converted 69.7% of balls in play into outs out of 13,062 innings on the diamond, which had them ranked 9th in professional baseball. The Minnesota Twins amassed 4,354 putouts for the previous season, in addition to 1,286 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .988 which put them in 4th in MLB, and they turned 116 double plays.

Ryan has taken the mound for 335 frames and has accounted for 378 strikeouts in his career. His earned run average is 4.05 (151 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.109. He has conceded 286 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 86 free passes. Ryan (26-19 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.02 while he has gone up against 1,376 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Kansas City Royals accounted for an OBP of .303 as well as a team batting average of .244 last year. They were rung up on 1,396 occasions (16th in MLB) and accounted for 1,325 base knocks. Kansas City compiled 163 home runs in the previous season to go along with 651 RBIs. The Royals held a slugging percentage of .398 and they were recording 4.17 runs per contest (23rd in baseball). They hit 258 doubles, while getting a free base 411 times and scoring 676 runs.

The Royals had a team WHIP of 1.407 in addition to having a FIP of 4.70 as a pitching staff over the course of last season. Their K/BB ratio sat at 8.10 (1,270 strikeouts vs 553 bases on balls). They finished at 26th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,429. They allowed 207 homers and they surrender 5.49 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff given up 859 runs in the previous season while having an ERA of 5.17 (809 earned runs allowed).

Kansas City called on relievers to step onto the mound in 53 save chances and they came away with 28 saves. They were ranked 26th in baseball with a save percentage of 52.8%, and they sent 526 bullpen pitchers to the mound last season. Their bullpen pitchers came in 136 times in high leverage situations in addition to 121 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relief pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 36.9% of 195 inherited base runners. Ending the season with 119 save situations, the Royals recorded 66 holds in addition to 25 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals turned 123 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in professional baseball). The Royals recorded 1,391 assists, 80 errors and accumulated 4,227 putouts in the previous season. Out of their 12,681 innings on the field, the Royals accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (19th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Lugo has given up 579 base hits while earning 648 K's in 641 frames. He has allowed 249 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.173 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.75 and he has faced 2,651 opposing batters thus far in his career. Lugo (40-31 career mark) has earned a 3.50 ERA and has allowed 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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