Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 5/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+135) Minnesota (-155)

Target Field is the location where the Minnesota Twins (27-18) will try to beat the Kansas City Royals (15-28) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Royals at +135 and the Twins are coming in at -155. The over/under is 8.5. The starting pitchers are Brady Singer and Chris Archer.

The Royals have earned 65 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 32 balls out of the park. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .359 and have been called out on strikes 322 times, while being walked on 122 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.7 runs/g, which has them sitting at 25th in MLB. They have accumulated 148 runs batted in as well as 340 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average comes in at .234. They have tallied 159 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .296.

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The Royals have an earned run average of 4.84 so far this season (27th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 302 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 164 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.39 as a squad over the course of the season. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.84 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44. Royals pitchers have surrendered 42 home runs and 220 runs in total (26th in baseball).

Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 59 times in addition to having 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 20 holds on the season (21st in the league). The Royals relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 56.3% and has come into the game in 38 save situations. They have recorded 9 saves for the year and have blown 7 of their 16 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 94 runners on the season and 30.9% of those players crossed the plate. The Royals have sent 156 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 1,137 putouts this year, in addition to 399 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .988 which is 4th in MLB, and they have turned 42 double plays. The Royals have turned 69.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,411 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 21st in professional baseball.

Singer (10-15 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.93 while he has faced 925 opposing batters in the majors. He has conceded 213 hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) with 80 walks. His earned run average is 4.37 (103 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.380. Singer has taken the mound for 212 innings and has accounted for 210 K's during his career.

The Twins have a team slugging % of .387 and they have an average of 4.20 runs per outing (17th in the league). They have hit 78 doubles, while taking a walk 162 times and recording 189 runs. Minnesota has compiled 43 home runs on the campaign as well as 180 RBIs. They have been rung up on 377 occasions (13th in the league) and have earned 361 base hits. The Minnesota Twins have an OBP of .324 and a batting average of .244 over the course of the season.

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.185 and have a FIP of 3.75 as a unit on the season. They rank 13th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 344. The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 158 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.31 (147 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.99 (389 strikeouts vs 130 free passes). They have allowed 46 dingers and they concede 3.56 runs per 9 innings (4th in MLB).

Minnesota has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 18 save chances and they have earned 12 saves. They are currently ranked 20th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 146 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. Their relievers have taken the field 47 times in high leverage situations and on 37 occasions with base runners. Minnesota bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.6% out of their 56 inherited base runners. With 47 save situations, the Twins have compiled 29 holds in addition to 6 blown saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 31 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in professional baseball). The Twins have racked up 356 assists, 20 errors and have accounted for 1,200 putouts so far this year. In their 3,600 innings played, the Twins have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (11th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Archer has given up 1,171 base hits and he has 1,398 strikeouts in 1,284 innings pitched. Archer (61-82 career record) has earned a 3.87 earned run average and has conceded 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up 553 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.257 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and he has gone up against 5,420 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-155)

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