Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, April 11, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-105) Kansas City (-115)

The Cleveland Guardians (80-82 last season) are en route to Kauffman Stadium on Monday where they will attempt to defeat the Kansas City Royals (74-88 last year). The odds on this game have Cleveland at -105 while Kansas City is opening at -115. The total is 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Aaron Civale and Carlos Hernandez.

Cleveland had a slugging percentage of .407 and were called out on strikes 1,387 times, while drawing a walk on 453 occasions. They amassed 686 RBI's as well as 1,269 base knocks over the course of last season, while their team batting average was at .238. The Guardians accumulated 248 doubles as a squad and hit 203 balls out of the stadium. They had 717 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .303. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians notched 4.4 runs per game, which was 18th in MLB.

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The Guardians compiled a team ERA of 4.34 over the course of last year (18th in the league), and the staff struck out 1,391 batters. They walked 522 players from the other team and their FIP finished at 4.43 as a unit over the course of last year. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 and their pitching staff recorded a WHIP of 1.28. Guardians pitchers yielded 216 home runs and 727 runs (15th in the league).

Guardians relief pitchers entered the game with runners on 142 times in addition to having 155 contests in high leverage situations. The bullpen had 66 holds during the previous year (27th in the league). The Guardians relievers recorded a save percentage of 67.2% and stepped onto the hill in 127 save situations. They recorded 39 saves last year and blew 19 of their 58 chances to save the game. The relievers inherited 202 runners over the course of last season with 36.1% of those runners crossed the plate. The Guardians dispatched 535 relievers to the mound in the prior season.

The Cleveland Guardians had a total of 4,224 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,400 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .985 which had them ranked 16th in professional baseball, and they twisted 138 double plays. The Guardians turned 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,672 innings on the diamond, ranking them 8th in pro baseball.

Civale has taken the hill for 256 innings and is sitting with 214 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 3.76 (107 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.160. He has given up 234 base hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 63 walks. Civale (19-15 career record) holds a FIP of 4.28 while he has faced 1,037 opposing batters in the major leagues.

Kansas City accounted for 163 home runs last season and 647 runs batted in. They hit 251 two-baggers, while walking 421 times and scoring 686 runs. The Kansas City Royals accumulated an on-base percentage of .306 as well as a batting average of .249 last season. The Royals held a team slugging percentage of .396 and they earned 4.23 runs per outing (24th in baseball). They struck out on 1,258 occasions (28th in baseball) and earned a total of 1,349 hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff conceded 788 runs for the prior year while holding a team ERA of 4.65 (732 earned runs allowed). They allowed 189 homers and they surrender 5.00 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Royals had a WHIP of 1.387 in addition to having a FIP of 4.39 as a staff during the previous year. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.27 (1,344 strikeouts against 591 walks). They had a ranking of 22nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,375.

Kansas City bullpen pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 32.1% out of their 252 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers stepped onto the mound 165 times in high leverage situations and on 163 occasions with runners on. Wrapping up the year with 147 save situations, the Royals accumulated 83 holds and also 25 blown saves. They were ranked 20th in baseball holding a save percentage of 59.7%, and they sent 556 relievers to the hill last season. Kansas City called on relievers to enter the game in 62 save chances and they came away with 37 saves.

Kansas City Royals turned 152 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in the majors). The Royals recorded 1,422 assists, 84 errors and accounted for 4,252 putouts over the course of the prior season. Out of their 12,756 innings on the diamond, the Royals accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (26th in professional baseball).

Hernandez (6-3 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.86 earned run average and has conceded 7.9 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 1.85 and he has faced 425 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has surrendered 43 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.346 and a FIP of 4.4. So far in his MLB career, Hernandez has allowed 88 hits while he has totaled 87 punch outs in 100 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-105)

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