Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 4/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+145) Chicago (-165)

The Chicago White Sox (6-9) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (5-9) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Kansas City at +145 while Chicago is opening at -165. The total has been set at 7. The men taking the mound will be Zack Greinke and Dylan Cease.

The Royals have accounted for 17 doubles as a squad and have hit 11 baseballs out of the stadium. Kansas City is slugging .336 and have been called out on strikes 102 times, while being walked on 32 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.1 runs per contest, which has them at 27th in MLB. They have tallied 40 RBI's and 99 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is at .215. They have accumulated 43 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .272.

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The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.57 this year (25th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 107 batters. They have walked 51 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.70 as a squad for the year. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.10 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.43. Royals pitchers have allowed 10 home runs and also 67 runs in total (18th in MLB).

The Royals relievers have a save rate of 60.0% and has come into the game in 13 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 33 base runners on the campaign and 30.3% of those players crossed home plate. Royals relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 25 times in addition to having 30 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 61 relievers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have racked up 8 holds this year (20th in baseball). They have accumulated 3 saves on the season and have blown 2 out of their 5 chances to get a save.

The Royals have converted 67.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,134 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 26th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 378 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 127 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .994 which is 3rd in the majors, and have a total of 16 double plays.

Greinke (219-133 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.44 while he has faced 12,762 hitters in the majors. He has conceded 2,908 base knocks (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 715 free passes. His earned run average is 3.41 (1,183 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.159. Greinke has taken the hill for 3,126 frames and has totaled 2,811 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Chicago White Sox have accumulated an on-base percentage of .266 as well as a team batting average of .214 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 113 instances (29th in the league) and have earned 105 base hits. Chicago has compiled 14 HRs so far this season to go along with 46 RBIs. The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .349 and they score 3.33 runs per game (25th in the league). They have 22 doubles, while walking 33 times as well as scoring 50 runs.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.392 and have a FIP of 3.53 as a unit this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.43 (148 strikeouts against 61 free passes). They rank 14th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 120. They have allowed 12 home runs and they give up 4.71 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 68 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.08 (59 earned runs conceded).

Chicago has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 9 save opportunities and they have converted 5 saves. They rank 25th in baseball holding a save rate of 55.6%, and they have sent 61 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 20 times in high leverage situations and on 19 occasions with runners on base. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.6% out of 29 inherited runners. Sitting with 26 save situations, the White Sox have earned 17 holds in addition to 4 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 8 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .965 (30th in baseball). The White Sox have racked up 109 assists, 18 errors and have a tally of 390 putouts over the course of the season. In 1,170 innings played, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 65.4% (30th in professional baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Cease has given up 280 base knocks while totaling 370 K's in 313 innings pitched. He has given up 151 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.355 and having a FIP of 4.3. His K/BB ratio is 2.57 and he has gone up against 1,357 hitters during his MLB career. Cease (24-19 career mark) is the owner of a 4.34 ERA while allowing 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago (-165) and under 7 runs

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