Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/22/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+185) Los Angeles (-215)

The Kansas City Royals (4-15) are hitting the road to Angel Stadium on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Los Angeles Angels (9-10). The line on this matchup has Kansas City at +185 while Los Angeles is sitting at -215. The over/under is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Zack Greinke and Tyler Anderson.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .331 and have been rung up 176 times, while drawing a walk on 44 occasions. They have 55 RBI's and 130 base knocks on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .208. The Royals have accumulated 27 doubles as a team and have knocked 14 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 59 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .264. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 3.1 runs per game, which is 29th in MLB.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 5.46 for the year (28th in the league), and the staff has rung up 162 batters. Royals pitchers have surrendered 26 home runs and also 110 total runs (28th in MLB). They have walked 65 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.69 as a unit this season. Kansas City has allowed 179 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 103 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.49 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.44.

The Royals bullpen have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 7 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 22 runners on the season with 50.0% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Royals relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 13 times in addition to having 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 61 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have recorded 3 holds this season (28th in MLB). They have recorded 2 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 of 4 chances to save the game.

The Royals have turned 67.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,527 innings on the field, which ranks them 23rd in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have accumulated 509 putouts so far this season, as well as 151 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .991 which has them sitting 5th in baseball, and have accumulated 14 double plays.

Greinke has pitched in 3,269 innings and has tallied 2,899 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.43 (1,245 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.167. He has allowed 3,073 hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 743 walks. Greinke (223-144 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.47 and he has gone up against 13,377 hitters in the major leagues.

The Angels hold a team SLG% of .375 and they are scoring 4.79 runs per contest (12th in MLB). They have recorded 27 doubles, while taking a walk 75 times and putting up 91 runs. Los Angeles has hit 20 home runs so far this season to go along with 90 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 170 occasions (13th in MLB) and have earned a total of 151 base knocks. The Los Angeles Angels have accounted for an on-base percentage of .329 in addition to a batting average of .238 on the season.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 83 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.84 (71 earned runs yielded). They have given up 15 homers and they allow 4.49 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The Angels have a WHIP of 1.324 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.29 as a team this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.40 (155 strikeouts vs 75 walks). They rank 7th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 145.

Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 10 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves. They sit at 17th in baseball with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 60 relievers to the mound for the year. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 23 times in high leverage situations and on 19 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 39.3% out of their 28 inherited base runners. With 28 save situations, the Angels have recorded 18 holds in addition to 4 blown saves.

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 16 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (24th in baseball). The Angels have recorded 156 assists, 12 errors and have a tally of 500 putouts this season. In 1,500 innings on the field, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (12th in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Anderson has surrendered 797 hits while he has totaled 690 K's in 817 frames. Anderson (45-43 career mark) has earned a 4.21 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 382 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.256 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.01 and he has gone up against 3,421 hitters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-215)

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