Kansas City Royals vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 4/28/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Kansas City Royals (11-17) are headed to Sutter Health Park on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Sacramento Athletics (15-13). The odds on this game have Kansas City at -130 and Sacramento is sitting at +110. The total is 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Kris Bubic and Aaron Civale.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .386 and have been called out on strikes 236 times, while being walked on 104 occasions. They have earned 110 RBI's in addition to 221 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .239. The Royals have tallied 46 two-baggers as a team and have hit 27 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 117 runs while holding a team OBP of .321. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 21st in baseball.

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The Royals have an earned run average of 4.62 so far this year (25th in the league), and their staff has rung up 241 hitters. Royals pitchers have given up 35 long balls in addition to 136 runs in total (22nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 123 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.57 as a unit on the campaign. Kansas City has yielded 224 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 127 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.96 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Royals have dispatched 85 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 27 runners on the year with 29.6% of those players ended up scoring. The bullpen have racked up 14 holds on the season (21st in baseball). Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 19 times in addition to having 28 appearances in high leverage situations. They have 8 saves on the year and have blown 6 out of their 14 chances to save the game. The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 57.1% and have entered the game in 28 save situations.

The Kansas City Royals have 742 putouts this year, in addition to 231 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .993 which has them sitting 2nd in the majors, and have accumulated 25 double plays. The Royals have turned 70.6% of balls in play into outs out of 2,226 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 13th in baseball.

Bubic (21-37 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.08 while he has gone up against 2,143 hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 491 hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 203 free passes. His earned run average is 4.14 (230 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.390. Bubic has pitched in 499 frames and has tallied 473 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .393 and they are earning 4.25 runs per game (18th in baseball). They have 43 doubles, while getting a free base 102 times and putting up 119 runs. Sacramento is sitting with 31 home runs so far this season as well as 117 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 250 occasions (10th in the league) and have tallied 229 hits. The Sacramento Athletics hold an OBP of .316 as well as a team batting average of .241 on the year.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.443 and have a FIP of 4.70 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.10 (226 strikeouts vs 128 walks). They rank 21st in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 233. They have conceded 33 dingers and they allow 4.57 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB). The Sacramento pitching staff have allowed 127 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.42 (123 earned runs conceded).

Sacramento bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.4% of 51 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 40 times in high leverage situations and also on 33 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 41 save situations, the Athletics have 22 holds and 8 blown saves. They rank 23rd in MLB with a save rate of 52.9%, and they have sent 97 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Sacramento Athletics have turned 22 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .994 (1st in professional baseball). The Athletics have 212 assists, 6 errors and have 752 putouts over the course of the season. In 2,256 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (7th in pro baseball).

Civale (45-45 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.14 earned run average while giving up 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.27 and he has gone up against 3,184 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 351 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.214 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. During his pro baseball career, Civale has conceded 717 hits while tallying 686 strikeouts in 763 frames.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-130)

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