Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 4/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+130) Chicago (-150)

The Kansas City Royals (5-9) are en route to Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday where they will attempt to beat the Chicago White Sox (6-9). The moneyline on this game has the Royals at +130 and the White Sox are at -150. The total comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Daniel Lynch and Dallas Keuchel.

Kansas City is slugging .336 and have struck out 102 times, while drawing a walk on 32 occasions. They have accounted for 40 RBI's in addition to 99 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .215. The Royals have accrued 17 doubles as a unit and have hit 11 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 43 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .272. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.1 runs per outing, which ranks them 27th in the league.

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Royals pitchers have surrendered 10 home runs and 67 runs in total (21st in MLB). They have walked 51 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.73 as a team so far this year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.10 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.43. The Royals have an ERA of 4.57 over the course of the season (24th in the league), and they have struck out 107 hitters.

The Royals have dispatched 61 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 33 base runners on the season with 30.3% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 3 saves so far this season and have not converted 2 of 5 save chances. The Royals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.0% and has come into the game in 13 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 8 holds so far this year (20th in baseball). Royals pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 25 times as well as having 30 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have transformed 67.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,134 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 26th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have notched a total of 378 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 127 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .994 which ranks 3rd in pro baseball, and have a total of 16 double plays.

Lynch has taken the mound for 78 innings and has accounted for 64 punch outs thus far in his career. Lynch (5-7 career record) holds a FIP of 4.98 and he has gone up against 356 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 5.65 (49 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.615. He has allowed 93 hits (10.7 hits per 9 innings) with 33 free passes.

The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .349 and they score 3.33 runs per game (26th in MLB). They have hit 22 two-baggers, while taking a walk 33 times as well as scoring 50 runs. Chicago has compiled 14 home runs on the campaign to go along with 46 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 113 instances (28th in the league) and have earned a total of 105 hits. The Chicago White Sox have compiled a team on-base percentage of .266 in addition to a batting average of .214 on the year.

The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.392 and have a FIP of 3.55 as a staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.43 (148 strikeouts vs 61 bases on balls). They are sitting at 17th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 120. They have relinquished 12 home runs and they concede 4.71 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 68 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.08 (59 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 26 save situations, the White Sox have compiled 17 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. Chicago has had relief pitchers enter the game in 9 save opportunities and they have come away with 5 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 20 times in high leverage situations in addition to 19 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.6% out of 29 inherited runners. They sit at 23rd in the league with a save rate of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 61 bullpen pitchers onto the field so far this year.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 8 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .965 (30th in professional baseball). The White Sox have racked up 109 assists, 18 errors and have amassed 390 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 1,170 innings on the field, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 65.4% (30th in the majors).

In his career, Keuchel has surrendered 1,516 base hits while tallying 1,178 punch outs in 1,533 innings pitched. Keuchel (100-83 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.82 ERA while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 650 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.288 and a FIP of 3.9. His K/BB ratio is 2.57 and he has gone up against 6,439 opposing batters during his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago (-150) and under 8.5 runs

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