Sacramento Athletics vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/15/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+150) Kansas City (-182)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (34-35) will take on the Sacramento Athletics (26-44) on Sunday. The line on this matchup has the Athletics at +150 and the Royals are coming in at -182. The total is set at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Jeffrey Springs and Noah Cameron.

Sacramento is slugging .416 and have been rung up 577 times, while taking a walk on 227 occasions. They have accounted for 290 runs batted in and 610 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .254. The Athletics have accumulated 121 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 84 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 299 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .321. As a unit, the Sacramento Athletics are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which is 15th in MLB.

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The Athletics are sitting with a team ERA of 5.63 for the season (30th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 559 batters. Athletics pitchers have conceded 104 home runs and also 419 runs (29th in baseball). They have walked 273 opposing players and their FIP is 4.96 as a squad this year. Sacramento has given up 670 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 388 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.52.

The Athletics have dispatched 235 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 127 base runners this year with 30.7% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 15 saves on the campaign and have not converted 15 of their 30 chances to get a save. The Athletics bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 50.0% and have entered the game in 65 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 35 holds for the year (22nd in the league). Athletics pitchers have entered the game with runners on 88 times as well as having 80 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Yankees have notched a total of 1,860 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 508 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which is 26th in baseball, and they have turned 40 double plays. The Athletics have transformed 67.5% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,580 innings, ranking them 28th in professional baseball.

Springs has thrown 386 frames and is sitting with 423 strikeouts during his MLB career. Springs (28-17 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.58 while going up against 1,639 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.63 (156 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.260. He has given up 352 base knocks (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 135 free passes.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .304 as well as a team batting average of .251 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 475 occasions (28th in MLB) and have 584 base hits. Kansas City has accumulated 46 long balls this season as well as 227 RBIs. The Royals have a team slugging % of .370 and they score 3.35 runs per game (28th in MLB). They have tallied 111 doubles, while walking 163 times and earning 231 runs.

The Royals hold a team WHIP of 1.211 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.75 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.20 (561 strikeouts against 203 walks). They have a ranking of 13th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 541. They have yielded 67 homers and they yield 3.69 runs per 9 innings (5th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 252 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.40 (232 earned runs yielded).

Kansas City bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 29.2% of 96 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 82 times in high leverage situations and on 69 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 65 save situations, the Royals have 37 holds and also 6 blown saves. They rank 2nd in MLB with a save percentage of 78.6%, and they have sent 221 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 28 save chances and they have tallied 22 saves.

Out of their 5,532 innings played, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (10th in MLB). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 58 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (9th in the majors). The Royals have accrued 629 assists, 31 errors and are sitting with 1,844 putouts this season.

In his career, Cameron has surrendered 22 hits while he has accumulated 25 punch outs in 37 frames. He has surrendered 9 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.889 and a FIP of 2.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.27 and he has gone up against 144 batters during his career. Cameron (2-2 mark in his career) is the owner of a 2.18 earned run average while conceding 5.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (-182)

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