Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 5/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Friday, May 27, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+155) Minnesota (-180)

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (27-17) will take on the Kansas City Royals (14-28) on Friday. The line on this contest has Kansas City at +155 while Minnesota is at -180. The total comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Brad Keller and Bailey Ober.

Kansas City has a slugging rate of .361 and have been called out on strikes 315 times, while taking a walk on 119 occasions. They have 145 RBI's as well as 334 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is at .235. The Royals have tallied 63 two-baggers as a team and have hit 32 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 156 runs while holding a team OBP of .297. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.7 runs per contest, which is 24th in baseball.

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The Royals hold a team ERA of 4.91 so far this year (28th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 292 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 162 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.43 as a unit this season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.80 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have yielded 42 home runs in addition to 218 runs (26th in the league).

The Royals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 53.3% and has entered the game in 36 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 90 runners this season with 32.2% of them ended up scoring. Royals pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 57 times as well as having 59 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 152 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have 20 holds this year (21st in baseball). They have earned 8 saves for the year and have missed out on 7 of 15 save chances.

The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 1,110 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 390 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .989 which puts them in 4th in MLB, and they have twisted 42 double plays. The Royals have transformed 69.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 3,330 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 20th in pro baseball.

Keller has taken the mound for 544 innings and is sitting with 402 K's so far in his career. Keller (30-39 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.11 while he has faced 2,319 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.93 (238 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.353. He has allowed 524 base knocks (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 213 free passes.

The Twins have a slugging percentage of .389 and they score 4.25 runs per outing (15th in MLB). They have hit 77 doubles, while taking a walk 160 times and putting up 187 runs. Minnesota is sitting with 43 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 178 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 367 instances (16th in baseball) and have recorded 349 hits. The Minnesota Twins have a team OBP of .323 and a team batting average of .243 on the season.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.189 with a FIP of 3.76 as a team for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.01 (382 strikeouts against 127 bases on balls). They are sitting at 15th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 338. They have given up 46 dingers and they relinquish 3.57 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Minnesota pitching staff have yielded 155 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.31 (144 earned runs surrendered).

Minnesota has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 17 save opportunities and they have walked away with 12 saves. They rank 13th in the league with a save percentage of 70.6%, and they have sent 144 relievers to the mound this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 47 times in high leverage situations and also on 37 occasions with base runners. Minnesota bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.6% of 56 inherited runners. With 46 save situations, the Twins have recorded 29 holds and 5 blown saves.

The Minnesota Twins have turned 30 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (10th in the majors). The Twins have accrued 347 assists, 20 errors and have a total of 1,173 putouts on the season. Out of their 3,519 innings played, the Twins hold a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (11th in professional baseball).

Ober (4-4 career record) has earned a 3.85 ERA and has allowed 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.64 and he has faced 480 batters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 50 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.188 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. So far in his MLB career, Ober has surrendered 114 hits while accumulating 116 K's in 117 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+155)

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