Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, May 3, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

The Texas Rangers (16-15) are hitting the road to Kauffman Stadium on Friday where they will try to beat the Kansas City Royals (19-13). The starting pitchers are Michael Lorenzen and Brady Singer.

Texas has a slugging percentage of .400 and have struck out 239 times, while taking a walk on 98 occasions. They have tallied 135 runs batted in and 259 base knocks this season, and their batting average sits at .248. The Rangers have accumulated 47 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 34 balls out of the park. They have a total of 139 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .318. As a team, the Texas Rangers are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which is 15th in the league.

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The Rangers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.74 over the course of the season (12th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 269 hitters. Rangers pitchers have yielded 32 long balls and also 127 runs (11th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 108 hitters and their FIP is 4.05 as a squad this season. Texas has allowed 215 hits (7.1 per 9 innings) and also 114 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.49 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.18.

Rangers bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 31 times as well as having 38 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 18 holds so far this year (14th in MLB). The Rangers relief pitchers have a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 27 save situations. They have recorded 6 saves on the year and have missed out on 3 of their 9 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 51 base runners on the campaign with 33.3% of those runners crossed home plate. The Rangers have sent 89 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Texas Rangers are sitting with 822 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 265 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which puts them in 8th in pro baseball, and have 21 double plays. The Rangers have turned 73.2% of balls in play into outs out of 2,466 innings, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB.

Lorenzen (42-39 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.33 and he has faced 3,141 hitters during his time in the majors. He has given up 683 hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) with 297 free passes. His earned run average is 4.12 (339 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.323. Lorenzen has taken the hill for 741 innings and is sitting with 616 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

The Royals have a team SLG% of .388 and they are scoring 4.62 runs per outing (14th in MLB). They have recorded 49 doubles, while getting a free base 92 times and recording 148 runs. Kansas City has recorded 33 home runs so far this year as well as 140 RBIs. They have been rung up on 214 instances (29th in MLB) and have totaled 248 hits. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .302 and a team batting average of .236 so far this season.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.241 and have a FIP of 3.72 as a unit on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.70 (238 strikeouts against 99 free passes). They are sitting at 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 246. They have given up 23 long balls and they concede 3.17 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 98 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.14 (97 earned runs yielded).

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 16.1% of 31 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 35 times in high leverage situations and on 16 occasions with runners on base. With 29 save situations, the Royals have amassed 16 holds and 3 blown saves. They sit at 6th in MLB with a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 96 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. Kansas City has called on relievers to take the mound in 12 save chances and they have earned 9 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 22 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .990 (4th in MLB). The Royals have racked up 291 assists, 11 errors and have accounted for 834 putouts this season. In their 2,502 innings on the field, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (7th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Singer has conceded 542 base knocks while he has totaled 509 K's in 540 frames. Singer (29-32 career mark) has a 4.37 earned run average while giving up 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has given up 262 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.324 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.94 and he has gone up against 2,311 batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas

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