Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 5/29/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+165) Minnesota (-195)

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (28-18) will meet the Kansas City Royals (15-29) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at +165 and Minnesota is at -195. The betting total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers are Zack Greinke and Sonny Gray.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .364 and have been called out on strikes 332 times, while taking a walk on 130 occasions. They have 155 runs batted in in addition to 353 hits on the campaign, and their average at the plate is sitting at .237. The Royals have accrued 66 doubles as a unit and have knocked 34 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 166 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .301. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 3.8 runs per game, which ranks them 24th in the league.

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The Royals have a team earned run average of 4.98 on the year (28th in baseball), and they have rung up 306 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.79 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Royals pitchers have given up 44 home runs and 230 runs (26th in the league). They have walked 171 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.46 as a team so far this year.

The Royals relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 56.3% and has entered the game in 38 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 97 base runners on the year with 30.9% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 61 times as well as having 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 161 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have notched 20 holds so far this season (21st in baseball). They have recorded 9 saves for the season and have blown 7 of 16 save chances.

The Kansas City Royals have earned 1,161 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 410 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which has them ranked 5th in the majors, and have a total of 42 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 3,483 innings, ranking them 24th in the majors.

Greinke has thrown 3,157 innings and has earned 2,832 strikeouts in his career. Greinke (219-135 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.45 while he has faced 12,902 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.43 (1,203 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.161. He has given up 2,946 base knocks (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 720 walks.

Minnesota has tallied 45 home runs over the course of the season as well as 190 runs batted in. They have hit 79 doubles, while walking 169 times and scoring 199 runs. The Minnesota Twins have earned an OBP of .328 as well as a team batting average of .248 for the season. The Twins hold a team slugging % of .393 and they have an average of 4.33 runs per contest (13th in baseball). They have been rung up on 381 occasions (14th in MLB) and have totaled 376 base hits.

The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.210 in addition to having a FIP of 3.82 as a staff for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.89 (399 strikeouts against 138 free passes). They rank 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 357. They have yielded 48 home runs and they allow 3.63 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 165 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.39 (154 earned runs surrendered).

Minnesota relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 26.2% out of their 61 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 50 times in high leverage situations and also on 40 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 51 save situations, the Twins have 32 holds and also 6 blown saves. They rank 15th in baseball with a save rate of 68.4%, and they have sent 153 relievers to the hill on the campaign. Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 19 save chances and they have tallied 13 saves.

In their 3,681 innings on the field, the Twins have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (12th in baseball). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 34 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (9th in the majors). The Twins have accrued 364 assists, 21 errors and have accounted for 1,227 putouts over the course of the season.

During his MLB career, Gray has surrendered 1,114 base knocks while totaling 1,256 strikeouts in 1,295 frames. Gray (84-73 career mark) is the owner of a 3.59 ERA and has allowed 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 516 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.218 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. His K/BB ratio is 2.71 and he has gone up against 5,399 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-195)

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