Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/31/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-150) Kansas City (+125)

The Detroit Tigers (37-20) are en route to Kauffman Stadium on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (30-27). The line on this contest has Detroit at -150 while Kansas City is priced at +125. The over/under is 9. The starting pitchers are Tarik Skubal and Michael Wacha.

As a team, the Detroit Tigers are scoring 5.1 runs per game, which is 4th in baseball. They have a total of 288 runs scored and have an OBP of .325. The Tigers have accumulated 90 doubles as a squad and have knocked 65 baseballs out of the park. They have 275 RBI's and 485 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate is .252. Detroit has a slugging percentage of .408 and have been rung up 510 times, while being walked on 190 occasions.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 3.04 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.16. Tigers pitchers have given up 56 home runs and 204 runs (8th in MLB). Detroit has relinquished 424 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 182 earned runs. The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.22 for the season (4th in the league), and they have rung up 495 hitters. They have walked 163 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.68 as a unit this year.

The Tigers bullpen have earned a save rate of 68.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 58 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 85 runners on the season with 27.1% of those runners crossed home plate. Tigers pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 62 times and also have had 48 appearances in high leverage situations. The Tigers have sent 169 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have a total of 31 holds this season (15th in baseball). They have recorded 17 saves on the year and have blown 8 of their 25 save opportunities.

The Colorado Rockies have earned 1,524 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 481 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .988 which has them ranked 7th in professional baseball, and they have turned 43 double plays. The Tigers have turned 71.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,572 innings, which has them sitting at 6th in professional baseball.

Skubal has pitched in 639 innings and has earned 740 strikeouts in his MLB career. Skubal (46-33 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.23 while he has gone up against 2,571 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.28 (233 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.048. He has allowed 524 base hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 146 free passes.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .301 as well as a batting average of .246 this season. They have been rung up on 398 instances (28th in baseball) and have tallied 469 hits. Kansas City has knocked in 33 long balls this year to go along with 185 runs batted in. The Royals hold a slugging percentage of .361 and they have an average of 3.30 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have hit 97 two-baggers, while taking a walk 136 times as well as notching 188 runs.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.191 in addition to having a FIP of 3.65 as a squad for the season. They rank 13th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 447. The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 193 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.15 (178 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.10 (458 strikeouts vs 158 walks). They have conceded 53 HR's and they surrender 3.42 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB).

Kansas City relievers hold an inherited score rate of 26.0% out of their 73 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 65 times in high leverage situations in addition to 56 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 51 save situations, the Royals have amassed 29 holds and also 4 blown saves. They rank 1st in baseball holding a save percentage of 81.8%, and they have dispatched 180 relief pitchers onto the field for the year. Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 22 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 52 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in pro baseball). The Royals have recorded 518 assists, 23 errors and have amassed 1,525 putouts on the season. In their 4,575 innings played, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (10th in baseball).

During his MLB career, Wacha has conceded 1,466 base knocks while earning 1,334 K's in 1,515 frames. He has given up a total of 651 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.281 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.81 and he has faced 6,389 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Wacha (104-66 career mark) has earned a 3.87 ERA and has given up 8.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-150)

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