Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+102) Kansas City (-120)

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (47-39) will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (42-42) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at +102 and Kansas City is sitting at -120. The total comes in at 9. The game can be seen on Ryan Pepiot and Michael Wacha.

Tampa Bay is slugging .369 and have been called out on strikes 757 times, while drawing a walk on 262 occasions. They have accrued 315 RBI's and 661 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .236. The Rays have earned 126 doubles as a unit and have knocked 76 balls out of the park. They have a total of 337 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .309. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 4.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 24th in the league.

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The Rays have a team ERA of 337.00 on the year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,035 hitters. Rays pitchers have relinquished 0 home runs and 0 total runs (10th in baseball). They have walked 1 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 565.00 as a team on the year. Tampa Bay has surrendered 757 hits (26.0 per 9 innings) and 0 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1526.55 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 2.89.

Rays relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 68 times and also have had 122 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 49 holds over the course of the season (9th in the league). The Rays relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.5% and has entered the game in 94 save situations. They have accumulated 26 saves for the year and have blown 17 of their 43 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 99 base runners on the campaign and 29.3% of them earned a run for their team. The Rays have dispatched 286 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Rays have converted 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,816 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 13th in pro baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 2,272 putouts thus far, in addition to 647 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which is 10th in the majors, and have a total of 57 double plays.

Pepiot (9-5 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.50 and he has faced 608 batters during his time in the majors. He has given up 106 base knocks (6.4 hits per 9 innings) with 57 free passes. His earned run average is 3.56 (59 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.092. Pepiot has thrown 149 innings and is sitting with 163 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Kansas City Royals have an on-base percentage of .307 in addition to a team batting average of .245 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 605 occasions (28th in baseball) and have earned a total of 697 hits. Kansas City has accounted for 86 home runs this year to go along with 380 RBIs. The Royals have a team slugging % of .403 and they earn 4.56 runs per game (13th in the league). They have tallied 146 two-baggers, while taking a walk 241 times as well as notching 392 runs.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 2.513 and have a FIP of 520.00 as a staff so far this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.20 (1,147 strikeouts vs 1 bases on balls). They sit at 3rd in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 605. They have given up 0 home runs and they relinquish 0.01 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 0 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 0.01 (0 earned runs allowed).

Kansas City relievers have an inherited score rate of 26.5% out of 113 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 80 times in high leverage situations and on 65 occasions with base runners. With 73 save situations, the Royals have recorded 39 holds and also 12 blown saves. They are ranked 15th in baseball with a save rate of 63.6%, and they have dispatched 270 bullpen pitchers onto the field so far this year. Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the game in 33 save chances and they have tallied 21 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 63 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in the majors). The Royals have racked up 779 assists, 42 errors and have notched a total of 2,259 putouts so far this season. Out of their 6,777 innings played, the Royals have a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (14th in professional baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Wacha has allowed 1,326 base knocks while earning 1,212 strikeouts in 1,365 innings. Wacha (92-60 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.96 ERA while giving up 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 601 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.290 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.78 and he has gone up against 5,772 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+102)

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