Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/4/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

The Chicago White Sox (1-4) are on their way to Kauffman Stadium on Thursday where they will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (2-3). The starting pitchers are Mike Soroka and Seth Lugo.

Chicago has a slugging percentage of .329 and have been called out on strikes 47 times, while drawing a walk on 11 occasions. They have 10 RBI's and 28 hits on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .181. The White Sox have hit 3 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 6 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 11 runs while holding a team OBP of .244. As a team, the Chicago White Sox are scoring 2.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 29th in the league.

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The White Sox have a team earned run average of 4.20 on the season (18th in MLB), and they have struck out 40 batters. White Sox pitchers have allowed 7 home runs in addition to 22 runs (14th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 19 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.94 as a team this year. Chicago has given up 42 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 21 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The White Sox have sent 20 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 11 base runners so far this season and 45.5% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 1 save so far this season and have blown 1 of 2 chances to save the game. The White Sox relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 50.0% and has entered the game in 5 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 3 holds on the year (12th in the league). White Sox bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 8 times in addition to having 8 appearances in high leverage situations.

The White Sox have turned 72.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 405 innings on the diamond, ranking them 11th in baseball. The Chicago White Sox have notched a total of 108 putouts so far this season, in addition to 33 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is holding at .994 which is 4th in the majors, and they have turned 1 double plays.

Soroka has taken the ball for 251 frames and is sitting with 200 K's in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.40 (95 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.221. He has given up 237 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 70 free passes. Soroka (17-8 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.90 while going up against 1,040 hitters in the majors.

The Royals have a SLG% of .450 and they average 4.20 runs per game (17th in the league). They have hit 9 two-baggers, while taking a walk 12 times as well as scoring 21 runs. Kansas City has hit 8 HRs so far this season as well as 20 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 44 instances (17th in MLB) and have notched a total of 39 base knocks. The Kansas City Royals hold a team on-base percentage of .284 as well as a team batting average of .231 this season.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.020 with a FIP of 3.52 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (43 strikeouts vs 12 walks). They come in at 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 33. They have given up 3 HR's and they yield 3.27 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 16 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.27 (16 earned runs surrendered).

Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 2 save opportunities and they have converted 1 save. They rank 12th in baseball with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 14 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 6 times in high leverage situations and also on 0 occasions with runners on. Kansas City bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 0.0% of 0 inherited runners. Sitting with 4 save situations, the Royals have earned 2 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 1 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (16th in MLB). The Royals have accrued 45 assists, 3 errors and have amassed 133 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 399 innings on the field, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 73.2% (5th in the majors).

During his MLB career, Lugo has surrendered 581 hits while he has tallied 652 punch outs in 647 frames. He has allowed a total of 249 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.167 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.75 and he has gone up against 2,673 batters during his pro baseball career. Lugo (40-31 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.46 earned run average and has given up 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kansas City

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