Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/20/2021 MLB Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-135) Kansas City (+125)

Kauffman Stadium is the site where Brad Keller and the Kansas City Royals (9-5, 1st in AL Central) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (8-8, 2nd in AL East) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Rays coming in at -135 and the Royals are at +125. The over/under is set at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Rich Hill and Brad Keller.

The Rays have accumulated 30 doubles as a team and have hit 17 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .375 and have been called out on strikes 165 times, while being walked on 55 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.3 runs/g, which ranks them 16th in baseball. They have accounted for 63 RBI's and 119 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .221. They have a total of 68 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .303.

Rays pitchers have surrendered 16 home runs and 81 total runs (27th in MLB). They have walked 47 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.48 as a squad on the year. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.32 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.25. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 4.40 this season (20th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 156 hitters.

Rays pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 17 times in addition to having 28 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 11 holds this year (5th in the league). The Rays bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 55.6% and has come into the game in 20 save situations. They have accumulated 5 saves on the year and have blown 4 of their 9 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 21 base runners over the course of the season with 28.6% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Rays have sent 52 relievers to the hill on the season.

Hill has taken the ball for 990 frames and has tallied 1,048 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Hill (68-44 career mark) has a FIP of 3.96 and he has gone up against 4,153 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.84 (423 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.225. He has allowed 819 base knocks (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 394 walks.

The Kansas City Royals have earned an on-base percentage of .316 and a team batting average of .244 on the campaign. They have struck out on 126 instances (26th in baseball) and have accounted for 109 hits. Kansas City has recorded 13 home runs for the year to go along with 57 runs batted in. The Royals hold a slugging % of .391 and they are scoring 4.43 runs per contest (11th in baseball). They have hit 21 two-baggers, while taking a walk 46 times and recording 62 runs.

The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 59 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.02 (54 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 13 HR's and they relinquish 4.39 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.339 with a FIP of 3.93 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.36 (118 strikeouts against 50 bases on balls). They are sitting at 9th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 112.

With 18 save situations, the Royals have earned 10 holds and 2 blown saves. Kansas City has called on relievers to enter the game in 8 save chances and they have recorded 6 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 21 times in high leverage situations and also on 18 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 16.7% out of their 30 inherited runners. They rank 9th in the league with a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 52 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign.

So far in his MLB career, Keller has surrendered 345 hits while totaling 261 punch outs in 370 innings. He has allowed 151 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.317 and having a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 1.83 and he has gone up against 1,563 opposing batters during his career. Keller (22-24 career record) has a 3.67 earned run average while giving up 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+125)

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