Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/19/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals (26-19) will try to defeat the Oakland Athletics (19-27) at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. The pitchers taking the mound will be JP Sears and Brady Singer.

The Athletics have earned 63 doubles as a squad and have smacked 55 baseballs out of the park. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .377 and have struck out 437 times, while drawing a walk on 148 occasions. As a unit, the Oakland Athletics are putting up 3.7 runs/g, which has them sitting at 26th in baseball. They have earned 165 RBI's as well as 329 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .218. They have racked up 171 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .294.

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The Athletics have an earned run average of 4.37 for the season (22nd in the league), and the staff has struck out 367 hitters. Athletics pitchers have yielded 42 home runs and also 221 total runs (27th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 152 opposing players and their FIP is 3.97 as a team for the season. Oakland has surrendered 387 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 197 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.41 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.33.

Athletics bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 40 times as well as having 40 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 28 holds on the season (9th in baseball). The Athletics bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 66.7% and stepped onto the hill in 43 save situations. They have compiled 10 saves so far this year and have blown 5 of 15 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 53 runners so far this season with 34.0% of those runners crossed the plate. The Athletics have dispatched 138 relievers to the mound for the year.

The Athletics have transformed 68.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 3,648 innings, which ranks them 26th in pro baseball. The Oakland Athletics have notched a total of 1,216 putouts so far this season, in addition to 398 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which puts them in 30th in MLB, and they have turned 49 double plays.

Sears (14-19 record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.86 and he has faced 1,229 batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 275 base knocks (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 90 walks. His earned run average is 4.28 (139 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.249. Sears has taken the ball for 292 innings and is sitting with 247 punch outs during his MLB career.

Kansas City has a total of 41 home runs this year to go along with 194 runs batted in. They have 75 doubles, while walking 124 times as well as scoring 202 runs. The Kansas City Royals have recorded an OBP of .302 and a batting average of .239 this year. The Royals hold a team SLG% of .385 and they are recording 4.49 runs per game (14th in the league). They have been rung up on 315 occasions (28th in the league) and have earned a total of 356 base hits.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.244 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.71 as a staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.00 (350 strikeouts against 135 walks). They come in at 15th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 354. They have given up 37 long balls and they allow 3.60 runs per 9 innings (3rd in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 157 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.46 (151 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 47 save situations, the Royals have earned 27 holds and also 5 blown saves. Kansas City has called on relievers to take the mound in 19 save opportunities and they have recorded 14 saves. Their relievers have come in 49 times in high leverage situations and also on 27 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 24.0% out of their 50 inherited runners. They are ranked 5th in the league with a save percentage of 73.7%, and they have dispatched 137 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 30 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (6th in baseball). The Royals have accrued 402 assists, 18 errors and have notched a total of 1,179 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 3,537 innings played, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (11th in MLB).

During his career, Singer has surrendered 560 hits and he has 527 K's in 556 innings pitched. He has surrendered 268 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.323 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.99 and he has gone up against 2,380 opposing batters so far in his career. Singer (30-33 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.34 ERA and has given up 9.1 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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