New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO
TV: Bally Sports Kansas City
Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (39-28) will compete against the New York Yankees (47-21) on Wednesday. The starting pitchers will be Cody Poteet and Daniel Lynch.
The Yankees have recorded 95 doubles as a team and have hit 98 baseballs out of the stadium. New York has a slugging rate of .436 and have struck out 538 times, while drawing a walk on 259 occasions. As a squad, the New York Yankees are scoring 4.9 runs per contest, which has them at 7th in baseball. They have recorded 320 RBI's and 577 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is .255. They have 335 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .334.
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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.71 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.12. Yankees pitchers have surrendered 64 home runs and also 222 runs in total (1st in baseball). New York has conceded 465 base hits (6.9 per 9 innings) and 195 earned runs. The Yankees have compiled a team ERA of 2.88 so far this year (1st in MLB), and their staff has rung up 585 batters. They have walked 216 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.84 as a team so far this season.
The Yankees have sent 203 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 118 base runners for the season and 31.4% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 25 saves this year and have blown 9 of their 34 save chances. The Yankees bullpen have earned a save percentage of 73.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 73 save situations. The relievers have racked up 37 holds for the season (13th in the league). Yankees bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 79 times as well as having 72 appearances in high leverage situations.
The Yankees have converted 73.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,481 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB. The New York Yankees have accumulated 1,827 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 550 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which has them sitting 15th in the majors, and they have turned 53 double plays.
Poteet has taken the hill for 73 innings and has accumulated 64 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.92 (32 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.226. He has surrendered 59 base knocks (7.2 hits per 9 innings) with 31 free passes. Poteet (4-4 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.86 while he has faced 307 batters in the majors.
Kansas City has accounted for 68 long balls on the campaign as well as 321 RBIs. They have put up 121 two-baggers, while walking 187 times and earning 331 runs. The Kansas City Royals have recorded a team OBP of .314 as well as a team batting average of .253 so far this year. The Royals hold a team slugging % of .412 and they have an average of 4.94 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 472 occasions (28th in the league) and have 568 base knocks.
The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 257 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.68 (241 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 55 home runs and they surrender 3.93 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.265 with a FIP of 3.75 as a team so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.10 (529 strikeouts against 204 free passes). They come in at 20th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 541.
Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the game in 27 save chances and they have come away with 18 saves. They rank 12th in baseball holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 211 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 70 times in high leverage situations and also on 48 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.1% out of 85 inherited runners. With 63 save situations, the Royals have 35 holds in addition to 9 blown saves.
In 5,301 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (16th in MLB). The Kansas City Royals have turned 45 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (5th in baseball). The Royals have racked up 601 assists, 30 errors and have amassed 1,767 putouts so far this season.
So far in his pro baseball career, Lynch has conceded 298 base knocks while he has totaled 223 punch outs in 267 innings. Lynch (11-23 career record) has a 5.22 earned run average while giving up 10.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 155 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.508 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.12 and he has gone up against 1,204 opposing batters so far in his career.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City
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