Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals Prediction and Pick, MLB Betting Picks, 6-16-2026

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They have a slugging % of .378 and have struck out 578 times, while earning a walk on 247 occasions. Kansas City On the season they are batting .242 with 581 hits and 277 runs batted in. The Royals have 120 doubles and have hit 64 home runs. They are sitting with an OBP of .316 and also have a total of 288 runs scored. The Kansas City Royals are scoring 4.0 runs per game on offense, which ranks 29th in baseball.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 and the pitching staff has a WHIP of 1.38. The Royals pitching staff has given up 91 home runs and a total of 337 runs (20th in the league). Kansas City has given up 606 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 315 earned runs. The Royals have a team ERA of 4.44 this season (21st in baseball) and they’ve struck out 576 hitters. They’ve faced 273 opposition batters and their team FIP is 4.53 so far this year.

That’s 48 times the Royals’ pitchers have entered the game with runners on and 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen has 31 holds on the year (23rd in the majors). Royal bullpen pitchers have entered the game in 66 save situations and have converted 54.3% of the save opportunities. They have 19 saves this season and blown 16 of 35 chances to preserve the game. 64 runners have been inherited by the relief corps this year and 31.3% have scored. This year, the Royals have sent 228 bullpen pitchers to the hill.

The Kansas City Royals have 1,888 putouts on the season along with 606 assists and 31 mistakes. They have a.988 fielding percentage, good for 9th in pro baseball and have turned 59 double plays. The Royals have turned balls in play into outs at a 69.8% clip in their 5,664 innings of play, which ranks 18th in baseball.

Wacha has taken the mound for 1,715 innings and has 1,485 strikeouts over his MLB career. His career WHIP is 1.269, and he has an ERA of 3.87 (738 earned runs allowed). He has given up 1,646 base hits (8.6 per nine innings) and has walked 530. He has faced 7,202 hitters in his big league career and has a career FIP of 3.81. Wacha is 115-80 in his career.

Washington has 94 home runs on the campaign to go along with 371 runs batted in. They have 126 doubles. They receive a free base 248 times. They score 392 runs. The Washington Nationals have a batting average of .247 and a team on-base percentage of .323 for the season. The Nationals are scoring 5.44 runs per game (1st in the league) and have a team slugging percentage of .422. They have been called out 594 times (16th in baseball) and have accumulated 611 hits.

As a club so far this year, the Nationals have a WHIP of 1.381 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.84. They have allowed 636 hits as a pitching staff and are ranked 27th in baseball. The Washington pitching staff have allowed 379 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.67 (336 earned runs surrendered). They sport a 7.70 strikeout to walk ratio (554 strikeouts to 259 free passes). They’ve given up 102 long balls and are allowing 5.26 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB).

The Nationals are 80-for-80 in save situations with 37 holds and 18 botched saves. Washington has used bullpen relievers in 39 save chances and they’ve converted 21 saves. Washington bullpen relievers have a 43.4% inherited score percentage on their 106 inherited base runners. Their relievers have been on the mound for 79 high leverage situations and 72 with runners on base. They are 25th in baseball with a save percentage of 53.8%, and have sent 232 bullpen pitchers to the diamond this year.

In 5,757 innings played, the Nationals have a defensive effectiveness rating of 69.5% (21st in professional baseball). The Washington Nationals have executed 52 double plays and have a .977 fielding percentage (30th in the majors). The Nationals have accumulated 634 assists, 59 mistakes and have 1,919 putouts this year.

Griffin has allowed 71 base hits and has 79 strikeouts in 86 innings pitched over his MLB career. He has a 1.128 WHIP, a 3.7 FIP and has given up 36 earned runs. In his pro baseball career, he has a 3.04 K/BB ratio and has faced 359 hitters. Griffin (8-2 career record) has a 3.77 ERA and has allowed 7.4 hits per nine innings.

✅ Our Kansas City Royals vs Washington Nationals Pick: Washington ✅

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