Kansas City Royals vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 9/28/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-128) Sacramento (+106)

The Kansas City Royals (80-79) are hitting the road to Sutter Health Park on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the Sacramento Athletics (75-84). The odds on this game have Kansas City at -128 and Sacramento is opening at +106. The over/under comes in at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Cole Ragans and Jeffrey Springs.

The Royals have accrued 286 doubles as a squad and have hit 155 balls out of the park. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .396 and have been rung up 1,074 times, while being walked on 424 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.0 runs/g, which ranks them 26th in MLB. They have earned 624 RBI's as well as 1,315 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .247. They have racked up 635 runs scored and have an OBP of .309.

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The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.75 on the year (6th in MLB), and they have rung up 1,241 hitters. Royals pitchers have conceded 170 home runs and 629 runs in total (4th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 468 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.04 as a unit so far this season. Kansas City has surrendered 1,287 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 587 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.24.

The Royals relievers have accumulated a save rate of 69.7% and have entered the game in 153 save situations. The relievers have inherited 211 runners on the campaign and 27.0% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 156 times as well as having 166 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 535 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The bullpen have 86 holds this year (17th in the league). They have compiled 46 saves for the year and have missed out on 20 of their 66 save chances.

The Houston Astros have a total of 4,230 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,406 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .989 which is 4th in MLB, and have accumulated 130 double plays. The Royals have transformed 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of 12,690 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 6th in MLB.

Ragans has thrown 379 innings and has totaled 453 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Ragans (21-20 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.65 and he has gone up against 1,569 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.70 (156 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.195. He has conceded 310 base knocks (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has 143 free passes.

The Athletics have a SLG% of .433 and they tally 4.56 runs per game (12th in baseball). They have tallied 289 doubles, while walking 492 times as well as scoring 725 runs. Sacramento has recorded 218 HRs on the season to go along with 701 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,376 occasions (10th in MLB) and have a total of 1,382 hits. The Sacramento Athletics have accounted for an OBP of .318 and a team batting average of .254 on the year.

The Athletics have a WHIP of 1.361 and have a FIP of 4.66 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (1,301 strikeouts against 559 bases on balls). They come in at 23rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,360. They have conceded 218 dingers and they yield 5.11 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 801 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.70 (737 earned runs allowed).

Sacramento relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.2% out of 232 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 139 times in high leverage situations and also on 158 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 122 save situations, the Athletics have earned 67 holds in addition to 20 blown saves. They are currently ranked 15th in MLB with a save rate of 63.6%, and they have dispatched 499 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year. Sacramento has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 55 save chances and they have earned 35 saves.

In their 12,696 innings played, the Athletics have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (16th in MLB). The Sacramento Athletics have turned 108 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in MLB). The Athletics have recorded 1,188 assists, 84 errors and have accumulated 4,232 putouts for the year.

Springs (34-23 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.64 ERA while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.15 and he has gone up against 2,033 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 196 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.235 and a FIP of 3.6. Thus far in his career, Springs has allowed 440 hits while accumulating 497 punch outs in 484 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+106)

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