Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 5/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Monday, May 23, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

The Arizona Diamondbacks (21-21) will play the Kansas City Royals (14-25) at Chase Field on Monday. The starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Zach Davies.

The Royals have hit 58 doubles as a team and have smacked 28 baseballs out of the stadium. Kansas City is slugging .356 and have struck out 292 times, while drawing a walk on 108 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are earning 3.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 26th in MLB. They have 129 runs batted in and 305 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is .232. They have racked up 139 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .294.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 4.64 this year (27th in the league), and the staff has rung up 267 batters. Their K/BB ratio is 1.88 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.40. Royals pitchers have conceded 35 long balls and also 194 total runs (26th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 142 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.21 as a team over the course of the season.

Royals pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 51 times in addition to having 55 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 18 holds so far this year (24th in the league). The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 61.5% and has come into the game in 32 save situations. They have compiled 8 saves this season and have blown 5 of their 13 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 77 runners on the campaign with 28.6% of those runners ended up scoring. The Royals have dispatched 141 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Royals have converted 69.6% of baseballs in play into outs in their 3,105 innings, which has them sitting 20th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 1,035 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 369 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .989 which ranks 3rd in the majors, and have a total of 38 double plays.

Greinke has thrown 3,154 innings and has tallied 2,827 strikeouts in his career. Greinke (219-134 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.44 while he has gone up against 12,882 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 3.41 (1,196 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.159. He has allowed 2,941 base hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 716 walks.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are sitting with an OBP of .294 as well as a batting average of .211 so far this season. They have struck out on 394 occasions (1st in baseball) and have notched a total of 288 base knocks. Arizona has accumulated 50 HRs so far this season and 150 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks have a SLG% of .372 and they tally 3.81 runs per contest (23rd in the league). They have 59 doubles, while getting a free base 151 times and notching 160 runs.

The Arizona pitching staff have surrendered 181 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.93 (162 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 41 homers and they give up 4.39 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball). The Diamondbacks have a team WHIP of 1.235 in addition to having a FIP of 4.08 as a squad on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.35 (303 strikeouts vs 129 free passes). They come in at 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 329.

Arizona has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 19 save opportunities and they have tallied 14 saves. They rank 7th in the league with a save percentage of 73.7%, and they have sent 153 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 60 times in high leverage situations and on 39 occasions with runners on. Arizona relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.1% of 55 inherited base runners. Sitting with 47 save situations, the Diamondbacks have 28 holds in addition to 5 blown saves.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 33 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (29th in pro baseball). The Diamondbacks have recorded 347 assists, 33 errors and have 1,113 putouts during this campaign. In 3,339 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (11th in professional baseball).

Davies (58-50 career mark) has earned a 4.15 earned run average and has conceded 9.0 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.22 and he has gone up against 3,698 hitters during his career. He has surrendered 402 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.330 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. So far in his pro baseball career, Davies has given up 869 base knocks while tallying 641 punch outs in 871 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City

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