Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 5/12/2021 MLB Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-124) Detroit (+114)

Comerica Park is the site where Casey Mize and the Detroit Tigers (10-24, 5th in AL Central) will play the Kansas City Royals (16-17, 3rd in AL Central) on Wednesday. The Tigers open this game at +114 while the Royals are coming in at -124. The over/under opens at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Danny Duffy and Casey Mize.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .384 and have been called out on strikes 271 times, while drawing a walk on 104 occasions. They have 129 RBI's as well as 252 hits on the season, and their average at the plate is .234. The Royals have tallied 49 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 31 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 137 runs while holding a team OBP of .303. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.2 runs per game, which puts them at 19th in the league.

The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.80 so far this year (27th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 287 hitters. Their K/BB ratio is 2.26 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.39. Royals pitchers have allowed 36 home runs and 168 total runs (25th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 127 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a unit for the season.

The Royals have sent 118 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 61 base runners over the course of the season and 27.9% of those players earned a run for their team. They have 9 saves on the season and have blown 5 out of their 14 save opportunities. The Royals bullpen have recorded a save rate of 64.3% and has come into the game in 32 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 18 holds for the season (12th in baseball). Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 40 times in addition to having 37 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 867 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 274 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which has them sitting 24th in pro baseball, and have 231 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,601 innings, which has them sitting at 27th in pro baseball.

Duffy (68-67 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.16 while going up against 4,865 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 1,087 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 420 free passes. His earned run average is 3.94 (502 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.314. Duffy has taken the ball for 1,147 innings and has totaled 1,023 punch outs during his MLB career.

The Detroit Tigers are sitting with an OBP of .277 and a batting average of .212 on the year. They have been called out on strikes on 354 occasions (5th in baseball) and are sitting with 231 hits. Detroit has a total of 34 long balls this season as well as 109 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .350 and they tally 3.26 runs per contest (30th in baseball). They have 35 doubles, while taking a walk 94 times and putting up 111 runs.

The Detroit pitching staff have allowed 179 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 5.16 (164 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 47 home runs and they allow 5.63 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.481 in addition to having a FIP of 4.98 as a team on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.91 (256 strikeouts against 134 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 24th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 290.

Detroit bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 40.4% of 57 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 22 times in high leverage situations and on 33 occasions with runners on. With 23 save situations, the Tigers have recorded 11 holds and 5 blown saves. They are ranked 21st in the league with a save rate of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 105 relief pitchers onto the field this season. Detroit has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 11 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves.

The Detroit Tigers have twisted 24 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (25th in MLB). The Tigers have 294 assists, 24 errors and have 860 putouts for the year. Out of their 2,580 innings on the diamond, the Tigers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (21st in MLB).

During his MLB career, Mize has allowed 59 base knocks while tallying 49 strikeouts in 61 frames. He has allowed 38 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.410 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.81 and he has gone up against 274 hitters during his career. Mize (1-6 career record) has a 5.61 earned run average while conceding 8.7 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-124)

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