Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-144) Kansas City (+120)

The Kansas City Royals (69-65) are welcoming the Detroit Tigers (78-57) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers at -144 while the Royals are at +120. The total is 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Jack Flaherty and Noah Cameron.

The Tigers have tallied 207 doubles as a squad and have smacked 173 baseballs out of the park. Detroit is slugging .423 and have struck out 1,191 times, while taking a walk on 422 occasions. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are putting up 4.8 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in the league. They have 625 RBI's as well as 1,132 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .249. They have tallied 650 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318.

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The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.84 so far this season (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,154 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 151 home runs in addition to 565 runs in total (15th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 392 hitters and their FIP is 3.95 as a squad on the season. Detroit has relinquished 1,080 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 511 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.94 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23.

Tigers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 144 times as well as having 114 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 61 holds so far this season (24th in MLB). The Tigers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 66.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 117 save situations. They have recorded 35 saves this season and have blown 18 of 53 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 199 base runners on the campaign and 27.6% of those runners crossed home plate. The Tigers have sent 411 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Tigers have transformed 70.1% of balls in play into outs in their 10,779 innings, which has them sitting at 13th in baseball. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 3,593 putouts this year, in addition to 1,149 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which ranks 19th in the majors, and have earned 108 double plays.

Flaherty has taken the ball for 965 frames and has earned 1,107 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.81 (409 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.200. He has given up 816 base hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 342 free passes. Flaherty (62-54 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.76 and he has faced 4,020 opposing batters in the majors.

The Kansas City Royals have an OBP of .308 in addition to a batting average of .247 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 913 instances (29th in baseball) and have a total of 1,110 base hits. Kansas City has tallied 128 long balls so far this season as well as 514 RBIs. The Royals hold a team slugging percentage of .394 and they earn 3.90 runs per game (27th in baseball). They have hit 238 two-baggers, while getting a free base 351 times as well as racking up 523 runs.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.246 and have a FIP of 3.98 as a unit so far this season. They rank 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,087. The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 521 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.65 (483 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.90 (1,045 strikeouts vs 397 walks). They have allowed 139 home runs and they relinquish 3.94 runs per 9 innings (3rd in MLB).

Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.4% out of their 183 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 145 times in high leverage situations in addition to 133 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 131 save situations, the Royals have earned 73 holds and 17 blown saves. They sit at 3rd in the league with a save percentage of 70.2%, and they have dispatched 448 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the campaign. Kansas City has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 57 save opportunities and they have converted 40 saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 105 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in baseball). The Royals have accrued 1,188 assists, 56 errors and have a total of 3,573 putouts for the season. In their 10,719 innings on the field, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (7th in MLB).

In his career, Cameron has conceded 87 base hits and he has 83 strikeouts in 108 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 35 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.093 and a FIP of 2.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.68 and he has gone up against 438 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career. Cameron (7-6 career record) has earned a 2.92 earned run average and has allowed 7.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-144)

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