Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics Pick Royals vs. Athletics Betting Tips & Computer Predictions May 5

by | May 4, 2023

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MLB Odds and Predictions

The Kansas City Royals (7-23) host the Oakland Athletics (6-24) on Saturday at 7:10 pm EST. Brad Keller will get the start for the Royals vs. Kyle Muller for the Athletics in today’s MLB game of the day with the first pitch at 7:10 pm EST at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are listed as null while the Athletics have 100 to win.

Royals vs Athletics Spread and Betting Line

Royals vs Athletics Betting Information
Favorite Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Spread Favorite Spread Odds Underdog Spread Odds
Athletics 100 100 null 100 100 null 100 100

Royals vs Athletics Game Info

  • The Royals probable starting pitcher: Brad Keller
  • The Athletics probable starting pitcher: Kyle Muller
  • Game Day: May 5
  • Game Time: 7:10 pm EST
  • Location: Kansas City, MO
  • Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Royals vs Athletics Pitching Matchup

Royals Athletics
6 GS 4
3-1 W-L 1-3
4.95 ERA 6.5
209 IP 181
6 Walks 4
25 SO 15

Royals’ Starting Pitcher Brad Keller

  • Keller makes the start for the Royals, his 7th of the season.
    He is (3 – 1) with a 4.95 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 209 innings pitched.
  • In his most recent outing on December 31 against Giants
    the Right handed went 41,
    allowing 0 earned runs while surrendering 5 hits.
  • The 28-year-old has put up a 4.95 ERA, WHIP (1.4) and 25 strikeouts across 6 games while allowing a batting average of [home_team_pitcher_batting_average] to opposing hitters.
  • Keller enters this outing with 6 quality starts under his belt this year.
  • He meets Athletics offense with 114 runs while batting .225 as a squad. They have a collective 0.368 slugging percentage and have hit a total of 33 so far this season they rank null in the National League as of today.

Athletics Starting Pitcher Kyle Muller

  • Athletics’ Muller (1 – 3) will make his 5th start of the season.
  • Right’ last appearance was on December 31, when he threw
    against the Giants , giving up 8 while allowing 10.
  • The 26-year-old has an ERA of 6.5 ERA and 15 strikeouts to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.8889 in 5 games this season.
  • Kyle Muller has had 4 starts so far this season.
  • Muller will look for the 5th start in a row.
  • The Athletics have scored 114 total runs in MLB. They are batting .225 for the season with 33 home runs and 110 RBIs in the league.

Athletics Betting Picks & Insights

  • The Athletics have come away with 37 wins in the 102 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
  • Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in [away_team_hit_over] of their 30 games with a total set by the oddsmakers this season.
  • The Athletics have posted a record of [away_team_record_against_spread] against the spread this season.

Royals Leaders & Batting Stats

  • Bobby Witt Jr. is leading the Royals with 18 hits this season while batting .221 with 11 RBIs. He currently has 5 home runs and Walks with an 0.264 OBP this season.
  • Drew Waters is leading the team with 1 home runs while batting .500. In 2 games this season he has 2 hits and an 0.6 OBP this season.
  • Leading the Royals in runs batted is Drew Waters with 1 in 2 games this season. He’s also batting .500 on the year with 2 hits and 1 home runs.
Name GP AVG OBP SLG HR RBI H
Bobby Witt Jr. 29 .221 0.264 0.41 5 11 18
Edward Olivares 29 .276 0.33 0.46 2 8 12
Salvador Perez 27 .279 0.321 0.49 5 16 12
Michael Massey 16 .279 0.333 0.674 5 13 9
Nick Pratto 14 .324 0.385 0.471 0 4 8

Athletics Leaders & Batting Stats

  • Ryan Noda is leading the Athletics with 16 this season while batting .225 with 6 RBIs. He currently has 3 home runs and Walks with an 0.382 OBP this season.
  • Esteury Ruiz is leading the team with 2 home runs while batting .326. In 18 games this season he has 11 hits and an 0.411 OBP this season.
  • Leading the Athletics in runs batted in this season is Esteury Ruiz with 17 in 18 games this season. He’s also batting .326 on the year with 11 hits and 2 home runs.
Name GP AVG OBP SLG HR RBI H
Ryan Noda 19 .225 0.382 0.408 3 6 16
Shea Langeliers 19 .276 0.287 0.457 6 16 13
Esteury Ruiz 19 .279 0.411 0.522 2 17 11
Brent Rooker 19 .279 0.471 0.436 0 3 10
JJ Bleday 19 .324 0.361 0.387 1 1 9

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