Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/5/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-132) Kansas City (+110)

The Baltimore Orioles (3-3) are on their way to Kauffman Stadium on Saturday where they will try to beat the Kansas City Royals (2-4). The odds on this game have Baltimore at -132 and Kansas City is opening at +110. The total has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Tomoyuki Sugano and Michael Wacha.

Baltimore has a slugging rate of .463 and have been called out on strikes 53 times, while drawing a walk on 17 occasions. They have compiled 31 RBI's and 57 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .281. The Orioles have hit 7 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 10 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 32 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .341. As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 5.3 runs/g, which puts them at 7th in baseball.

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The Orioles have a team earned run average of 4.33 so far this season (18th in the league), and the staff has rung up 54 batters. Orioles pitchers have given up 4 long balls and 26 total runs (16th in baseball). They have walked 22 opposing players and their FIP is 3.08 as a team for the year. Baltimore has allowed 51 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 25 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.45 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Orioles have dispatched 22 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 6 base runners so far this season with 33.3% of those players crossed the plate. They have earned 0 saves for the year. The Orioles relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 0.0% and stepped onto the hill in 5 save situations. The bullpen have 4 holds for the year (14th in MLB). Orioles pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 4 times in addition to having 4 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Atlanta Braves have amassed 156 putouts this season, as well as 49 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding rate is at .981 which is 24th in baseball, and have accumulated 5 double plays. The Orioles have turned 65.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 468 innings, which has them sitting at 28th in baseball.

Sugano (0-1 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.43 and he has gone up against 18 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 4 hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 2 walks. His ERA is 4.50 (2 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.500. Sugano has thrown 4 innings and has 1 K's so far in his MLB career.

The Royals hold a team slugging % of .338 and they earn 3.83 runs per contest (17th in the league). They have hit 12 two-baggers, while getting a free base 17 times as well as recording 23 runs. Kansas City is sitting with 4 home runs this year as well as 23 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 50 instances (16th in the league) and have notched a total of 44 base hits. The Kansas City Royals have recorded a team on-base percentage of .287 and a team batting average of .213 so far this season.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.325 with a FIP of 4.29 as a staff for the year. They are sitting at 13th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 47. The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 25 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.43 (21 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.50 (52 strikeouts vs 26 bases on balls). They have conceded 8 homers and they relinquish 4.08 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.6% out of 7 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 10 times in high leverage situations and on 7 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 4 save situations, the Royals have earned 1 hold in addition to 2 blown saves. They are ranked 23rd in the league with a save rate of 33.3%, and they have dispatched 23 relievers onto the field so far this year. Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 3 save chances and they have converted 1 save.

In their 498 innings on the diamond, the Royals have a efficiency on defense of 72.4% (11th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 6 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .991 (9th in the majors). The Royals have accrued 63 assists, 2 errors and have a total of 166 putouts so far this year.

Wacha (101-63 record in his career) is the owner of a 3.89 earned run average and has surrendered 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.80 and he has gone up against 6,148 opposing batters during his career. He has given up a total of 630 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.283 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. During his career, Wacha has surrendered 1,409 base knocks while tallying 1,292 strikeouts in 1,458 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (-132)

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