Royals vs Marlins 9/7/19 – MLB Pick
The Kansas City Royals and the Miami Marlins are pretty much equals on the year. You may actually be asking yourself what I mean by that, well it is very easy as both teams have been playing horrible on the season. The Royals are coming in with another 90 loss season on the books and have a lot of potential of even hitting the 100 loss mark. With the Marlins, they are not much off from hitting the 100 loss mark either, but are guaranteed to finish well under the five hundred mark on the season and that can definitely present a problem for the team going forward as they are trying to find some talent to bring in, but also have a chance if the rumors are true to make a potential move to Canada.
Kansas City Royals Preview
When it comes to hitting the Royals have ended up recording a total of 1172 hits with an average of .245 on the year. Scoring for the Royals has been fairly easy as well with 603 runs, but as a team have only managed to get 142 homers on the season. Jorge Soler has been the leading power hitter for the Royals on the year with a total of 40 homers, but has ended up bringing in a total of 101 runners. Whit Merrifield has managed to hit at a clip of .306 on the year so far.
The Royals pitching staff has been a let down on the year with a 5.15 ERA and the opponents are easily hitting them with a .275 average. The Royals have struck out a total of 1074 batters this year while the team has walked 496 batters. Danny Duffy is the starting pitcher that is going to the mound for the Royals in this game. He has posted a 5-6 record and a 4.89 ERA on the year. Duffy has ended up throwing a total of 106.2 innings on the year with 93 strikeouts, but has walked 37 batters and allowed 112 hits while giving up 19 homers.
Miami Marlins Preview
With the Marlins the team has been able to get a total of 1130 hits on the year with an average of .240 as a team. The Marlins scoring has been anemic quite a bit on the year with only 522 runs and the power is missing as well with 123 homers on the season. Brian Anderson has been able to lead the power for the Marlins with 20 homers. Miguel Rojas has managed to hit at a clip of .282 on the year. Starlin Castro has been able to drive in a total of 74 runners on the year.
As a team the Marlins have been able to post a team ERA of 4.77, but the opponents do have some problems hitting against them with a .243 average. The Marlins have struck out a total of 1188 batters while walking 527 batters. Caleb Smith is the pitcher the Marlins are planning on putting on the mound in this game. He has posted a 8-9 record and a 4.30 ERA on the season so far. Smith has thrown a total of 127.2 innings this year for the Marlins, but has struck out 148 batters while giving up 47 walks and allowed 98 hits on the year.
Kansas City Royals at Miami Marlins Line: Miami Marlins -115 O/U 8
My FREE MLB Pick: Kansas City Royals +106
Okay, I really do not like either one of the teams in this game. However, they are both equally horrible when playing where they are at. The Royals on the road suck and the Marlins when playing at home might as well be playing on the road. I personally, think the offense of the Royals will make up the difference in this game and while the Royals pitching staff is not that great, it is because of a lot of the teams they are facing. The Royals are facing a very weak hitting Marlins team and when the Royals do have a weak offense that they are facing it is very easy for them to look like they have a pitching staff that would rival the Rays. Final Score Prediction, Kansas City Royals win 6-3.
