Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 8/10/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+190) Boston (-230)

The Kansas City Royals (37-78) are on their way to Fenway Park on Thursday where they will attempt to beat the Boston Red Sox (58-55). The line on this matchup has the Royals at +190 while the Red Sox are priced at -230. The total comes in at 10.5. The starting pitchers will be Alec Marsh and James Paxton.

The Royals have accumulated 190 doubles as a team and have hit 108 balls out of the park. Kansas City is slugging .388 and have been called out on strikes 998 times, while drawing a walk on 284 occasions. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 3.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 29th in the league. They have earned 433 RBI's in addition to 921 hits on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .239. They have accounted for 451 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .298.

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The Royals have an ERA of 5.19 this year (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 892 hitters. Royals pitchers have given up 140 home runs in addition to 611 total runs (28th in the league). They have walked 394 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.62 as a unit on the year. Kansas City has allowed 1,015 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 577 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.26 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41.

Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 74 times in addition to having 94 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 43 holds for the season (28th in MLB). The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 77 save situations. They have earned 17 saves for the year and have not converted 17 out of their 34 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 120 base runners over the course of the season and 40.0% of those players crossed the plate. The Royals have dispatched 373 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Kansas City Royals have earned a total of 3,003 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 982 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them ranked 9th in the majors, and have accumulated 84 double plays. The Royals have converted 68.5% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,009 innings on the field, ranking them 20th in professional baseball.

Marsh (0-5 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 7.88 while he has faced 131 hitters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 30 hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 17 free passes. His earned run average is 6.75 (21 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.679. Marsh has taken the hill for 28 innings and has tallied 32 punch outs during his MLB career.

The Boston Red Sox have an on-base percentage of .328 in addition to a team batting average of .261 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 929 occasions (23rd in the league) and have notched a total of 1,010 base knocks. Boston is sitting with 127 home runs for the season and 529 RBIs. The Red Sox have a team slugging % of .431 and they average 4.88 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have notched 248 doubles, while taking a walk 345 times as well as earning 552 runs.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.325 and have a FIP of 4.38 as a squad over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (966 strikeouts vs 329 bases on balls). They are sitting at 24th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 993. They have surrendered 145 homers and they surrender 4.76 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB). The Boston pitching staff have allowed 528 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.40 (488 earned runs relinquished).

Boston relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.7% out of their 122 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 98 times in high leverage situations and also on 80 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 90 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 49 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They are ranked 1st in MLB with a save rate of 75.6%, and they have sent 353 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Boston has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 41 save chances and they have tallied 31 saves.

Out of their 8,982 innings on the field, the Red Sox have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 67.7% (27th in baseball). The Boston Red Sox have turned 103 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (30th in professional baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 1,009 assists, 79 errors and have earned a total of 2,994 putouts so far this year.

Paxton (63-36 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.59 ERA while allowing 8.1 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.62 and he has gone up against 3,438 hitters during his MLB career. He has given up a total of 331 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.207 and having a FIP of 3.4. During his career, Paxton has conceded 748 hits while he has totaled 915 punch outs in 829 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+190)

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