Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (42-42) are headed to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday where they will play the Kansas City Royals (47-39). The starting pitchers will be Zack Littell and Brady Singer.

As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are earning 4.0 runs per game, which is 25th in the league. They have a total of 337 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. The Rays have accumulated 126 doubles as a unit and have knocked 76 balls out of the park. They have tallied 315 RBI's and 661 hits this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .236. Tampa Bay is slugging .369 and have been called out on strikes 757 times, while drawing a walk on 262 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.08 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25. Rays pitchers have conceded 114 home runs and 393 runs in total (23rd in MLB). Tampa Bay has allowed 709 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 361 earned runs. The Rays have compiled a team ERA of 4.29 on the year (22nd in the league), and they have struck out 738 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 240 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.27 as a squad so far this season.

The Rays relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.5% and has come into the game in 94 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 99 base runners over the course of the season with 29.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 68 times as well as having 122 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 286 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have tallied 49 holds over the course of the season (9th in the league). They have tallied 26 saves for the season and have blown 17 of 43 chances to get a save.

The Rays have converted 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,816 innings, which has them ranked 13th in professional baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 2,272 putouts for the season, in addition to 647 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them sitting 10th in professional baseball, and they have turned 57 double plays.

Littell (18-16 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.06 while he has faced 1,471 opposing batters in the majors. He has given up 360 hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) with 88 free passes. His ERA is 4.12 (158 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.297. Littell has pitched in 345 innings and has tallied 307 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Kansas City Royals have earned an OBP of .307 in addition to a batting average of .245 for the season. They have struck out on 605 occasions (27th in MLB) and have recorded 697 base knocks. Kansas City has recorded 86 HRs for the season to go along with 380 runs batted in. The Royals have a SLG% of .403 and they average 4.56 runs per contest (13th in baseball). They have recorded 146 two-baggers, while taking a walk 241 times and putting up 392 runs.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.256 and have a FIP of 3.82 as a unit so far this year. They rank 18th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 688. The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 337 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.76 (315 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.20 (686 strikeouts vs 258 free passes). They have conceded 76 long balls and they surrender 4.03 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 33 save opportunities and they have walked away with 21 saves. They sit at 15th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.6%, and they have sent 270 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 80 times in high leverage situations in addition to 65 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relievers hold an inherited score rate of 26.5% out of their 113 inherited runners. Sitting with 73 save situations, the Royals have 39 holds and 12 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 63 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in MLB). The Royals have racked up 779 assists, 42 errors and have accounted for 2,259 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 6,777 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (14th in professional baseball).

During his career, Singer has surrendered 599 base knocks while accumulating 560 strikeouts in 594 innings. Singer (31-35 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 4.29 ERA and has conceded 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 283 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.322 and a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.01 and he has faced 2,548 batters in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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