Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, April 7, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+150) San Francisco (-180)

The Kansas City Royals (1-5) are headed to Oracle Park on Friday where they will meet the San Francisco Giants (2-3). The moneyline on this contest has the Royals at +150 and the Giants are coming in at -180. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Brad Keller and Alex Cobb.

Kansas City is slugging .265 and have been rung up 50 times, while drawing a walk on 21 occasions. They have earned 14 RBI's in addition to 28 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .155. The Royals have tallied 6 doubles as a unit and have knocked 4 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 14 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .254. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 2.3 runs per contest, which has them at 29th in baseball.

The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 3.67 so far this season (11th in the league), and their staff has struck out 47 batters. They have walked 21 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.89 as a squad on the year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.24 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48. Royals pitchers have given up 5 long balls and 23 runs (10th in the league).

The Kansas City Royals have 162 putouts this year, in addition to 48 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is currently at .995 which has them ranked 4th in the majors, and they have twisted 6 double plays. The Royals have converted 66.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 486 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 22nd in MLB.

Keller (35-50 career record) holds a FIP of 4.20 and he has faced 2,760 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 642 hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 262 free passes. His earned run average is 4.24 (301 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.416. Keller has taken the ball for 638 frames and has totaled 481 K's so far in his MLB career.

The San Francisco Giants have tallied an on-base percentage of .332 as well as a batting average of .218 on the season. They have struck out on 63 occasions (2nd in baseball) and are sitting with 37 base hits. San Francisco is sitting with 10 home runs over the course of the season as well as 22 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .429 and they tally 4.40 runs per contest (16th in baseball). They have tallied 6 two-baggers, while taking a walk 25 times and recording 22 runs.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.333 with a FIP of 4.63 as a squad for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.31 (43 strikeouts against 13 walks). They are sitting at 8th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 43. They have surrendered 8 homers and they relinquish 5.57 runs per 9 innings (22nd in MLB). The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 26 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.71 (22 earned runs surrendered).

In 378 innings played, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (18th in baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 3 double plays and have a fielding rate of .989 (15th in the majors). The Giants have accrued 47 assists, 2 errors and have a total of 126 putouts so far this year.

So far in his MLB career, Cobb has given up 1,134 base knocks while totaling 973 punch outs in 1,163 innings. Cobb (70-68 win-loss mark in his career) has a 3.84 ERA and has allowed 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 497 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.270 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.83 and he has faced 4,886 opposing hitters during his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco (-180) and under 8.5 runs

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