Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, April 17, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+105) Kansas City (-125)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (2-5) will take on the Detroit Tigers (4-4) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Detroit at +105 and Kansas City is opening at -125. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Tyler Alexander and Carlos Hernandez.

As a team, the Detroit Tigers are notching 3.4 runs/g, which has them at 25th in baseball. They have racked up 27 runs scored and have an OBP of .288. The Tigers have accumulated 9 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 6 balls out of the park. They have accrued 27 runs batted in and 53 hits this year, while their team batting average is at .209. Detroit has a slugging percentage of .331 and have struck out 71 times, while drawing a walk on 25 occasions.

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Tigers pitchers have conceded 5 long balls and also 37 runs in total (21st in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 17 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.33 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.94 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.17. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.75 this season (14th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 50 batters.

The Tigers bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 7 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 7 runners on the campaign and 42.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. Tigers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 5 times as well as having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The Tigers have dispatched 29 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have notched 3 holds on the season (19th in the league). They have accumulated 3 saves on the campaign and have blown 1 of 4 save chances.

The Tigers have converted 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 648 innings on the field, ranking them 12th in MLB. The Detroit Tigers have accumulated 216 putouts for the season, in addition to 63 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which has them sitting 22nd in baseball, and have 2 double plays.

Alexander has taken the ball for 201 innings and has earned 172 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.15 (93 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.299. He has surrendered 218 base hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 44 free passes. Alexander (5-11 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.41 and he has faced 858 opposing batters in the major leagues.

Kansas City is sitting with 4 home runs for the year and 21 RBIs. They have recorded 6 doubles, while taking a walk 15 times as well as notching 22 runs. The Kansas City Royals have a team on-base percentage of .258 in addition to a batting average of .200 on the year. The Royals have a slugging percentage of .296 and they are earning 3.14 runs per game (26th in MLB). They have struck out on 45 occasions (28th in the league) and have tallied 46 base knocks.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.413 with a FIP of 3.96 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.60 (52 strikeouts against 20 walks). They rank 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 69. They have conceded 7 long balls and they relinquish 5.71 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 40 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.71 (40 earned runs surrendered).

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 47.1% out of 17 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 14 times in high leverage situations and on 11 occasions with runners on base. The Royals don't have any holds. They sit at 28th in MLB with a save percentage of 0.0%, and they have dispatched 28 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this year. Kansas City has had no save chances yet.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 7 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of 1.000 (2nd in baseball). The Royals have accrued 64 assists, 0 errors and have earned a total of 189 putouts so far this year. Out of their 567 innings on the field, the Royals hold a efficiency on defense of 67.5% (24th in pro baseball).

In his career, Hernandez has conceded 94 hits while accumulating 88 K's in 104 innings pitched. Hernandez (6-3 career record) has a 4.04 ERA while giving up 8.1 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 47 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.366 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.80 and he has gone up against 445 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (-125)

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