Atlanta Braves vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 7/28/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, July 28, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (+110) Kansas City (-130)

Kauffman Stadium is the site where the Kansas City Royals (50-53) will play the Atlanta Braves (44-57) on Monday. The odds on this game have the Braves at +110 and the Royals are sitting at -130. The over/under comes in at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Dane Dunning and Rich Hill.

The Braves have hit 148 doubles as a squad and have smacked 110 balls out of the park. Atlanta is slugging .388 and have been rung up 875 times, while drawing a walk on 348 occasions. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 4.1 runs per contest, which puts them at 22nd in the league. They have 405 RBI's in addition to 833 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .243. They have earned 418 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .317.

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The Braves hold a team ERA of 4.05 for the year (18th in MLB), and they have rung up 921 hitters. Braves pitchers have given up 120 home runs and also 428 total runs (13th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 333 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.04 as a unit for the year. Atlanta has given up 797 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 403 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.26.

The Braves relievers have earned a save percentage of 48.3% and have entered the game in 66 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 135 runners on the season with 37.8% of those players ended up scoring. Braves pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 100 times as well as having 98 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have sent 323 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have notched 37 holds on the season (30th in the league). They have recorded 14 saves so far this year and have missed out on 15 of their 29 chances to save the game.

The Braves have converted 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 8,052 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 12th in MLB. The Athletics have amassed 2,684 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 871 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .990 which has them ranked 2nd in the majors, and they have turned 69 double plays.

Dunning has taken the hill for 586 innings and has accumulated 529 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Dunning (28-32 record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.31 while he has faced 2,530 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.37 (285 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.366. He has conceded 581 base hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 220 walks.

The Royals hold a slugging % of .380 and they are scoring 3.52 runs per game (29th in MLB). They have recorded 180 two-baggers, while taking a walk 241 times and earning 363 runs. Kansas City has knocked in 85 long balls for the year to go along with 357 RBIs. They have been rung up on 705 occasions (29th in the league) and have earned 845 hits. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for an on-base percentage of .299 as well as a batting average of .245 on the year.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.218 with a FIP of 3.85 as a squad this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.20 (833 strikeouts against 303 free passes). They have a ranking of 9th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 810. They have given up 105 home runs and they surrender 3.79 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 385 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.51 (356 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 94 save situations, the Royals have recorded 51 holds and also 13 blown saves. Kansas City has had relievers take the mound in 42 save chances and they have walked away with 29 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 110 times in high leverage situations in addition to 99 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score rate of 31.4% of 140 inherited runners. They rank 6th in the league with a save percentage of 69.0%, and they have dispatched 334 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 79 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (8th in professional baseball). The Royals have recorded 919 assists, 46 errors and are sitting with 2,743 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 8,229 innings played, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (7th in baseball).

Hill (90-74 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.01 ERA while allowing 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.63 and he has gone up against 5,954 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. He has surrendered 628 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.259 and having a FIP of 4.0. So far in his pro baseball career, Hill has given up 1,231 base hits and he has 1,428 punch outs in 1,409 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Atlanta (+110)

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