St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Prediction and Pick, MLB Betting Picks, 6-18-2026

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The Cardinals have scored 4.6 runs per game as a team this season, which ranks 11th in baseball. They have a combined .323 on-base percentage and 322 runs batted in. As a team, the Cardinals have 101 doubles and have hit 83 balls out of the park. On the year they have scored 311 runs and have 581 base hits. The team batting average is .246. St. Louis has a.399 slugging rate and has been rung up 564 times while drawing a walk on 233 occasions.

The Cardinals have a collective ERA of 4.09 for the season (14th in the league) and the staff has rung up 541 batters. The Cardinals pitching staff has surrendered 77 home runs and 307 runs in total (12th-most in baseball). They have walked 235 batters from the other team and their own team FIP is 4.26 so far this year. St. Louis has allowed 599 hits (8.6 per nine innings) and 285 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.30 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Cardinals bullpen has converted on 62.9 percent of save opportunities and has 87 chances to rescue the game. So far this season, they have 22 saves and have blown 13 of their 35 save chances. Bullpen pitchers have inherited 112 base runners this season and 33.9% of those players have crossed the plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have entered the action with runners on base 76 times in addition to 85 outings in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have employed 238 relievers this season. The relievers have 50 holds for the season (5th in the league).

The Cardinals have converted 69.7% of balls in play into outs over their 5,649 innings on the diamond, good for 18th in all of professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have recorded 1,883 putouts, 650 assists and 32 errors over the course of the season. They are fielding at .988, 10th-best in all of professional baseball, and have turned 68 double plays.

Liberatore has pitched 404 innings in his career and has 337 strikeouts on his ledger to date. His ERA is 4.65 (209 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.395. He has given up 426 base hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) and 138 walks. Liberatore (19-27 career win-loss mark) owns a 4.58 FIP while facing 1,749 hitters during his tenure in the majors.

The Royals have a team slugging percentage of.377 and average 3.99 runs per game (28th in MLB). They have 122 2B, 250 walks and 291 runs. Kansas City has hit 64 home runs and driven in 280 runs this season. Their players have collected 589 base hits and struck 588 times (20th in the league). The Kansas City Royals as a team are hitting .242 on the year with an OBP of .316.

As a team, the Royals have a WHIP of 1.379, and a FIP of 4.53 for the season. They have an 8.10 strikeout to walk ratio (579 strikeouts to 277 walks). They rank 24th in MLB in total hits allowed by a pitching staff with 614. They give up 92 home runs and they give up 4.79 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff has an ERA of 4.49 (322 earned runs allowed) and has struck out 1,086 batters this season.

They are 23rd in baseball in saving games with a 54.3 save percentage and have sent 230 relievers to the mound this year. Their bullpen arms have been used 79 times in high leverage situations and 49 times with runners on base. The Royals had 66 save opportunities with a total of 31 holds and 16 blown saves. Kansas City has called upon relievers to enter the game in 35 save opportunities and they have recorded 19 saves. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 66 inherited runners.

Kansas City Royals has turned 61 double plays and has a fielding percentage of.988 (8th in the majors). This season, the Royals have 628 assists, 32 mistakes and 1,939 putouts. The Royals have turned 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of 5,817 innings on the field (16th in baseball).

Cameron has given up 177 hits and has fanned 178 in 208 innings of work this season. Cameron has a career record of 12-11 while holding a 3.37 earned run average and giving up 7.7 hits per 9 innings pitched. He’s allowed 78 earned runs, while possessing a WHIP of 1.139 and a FIP of 3.3. He has a K/BB of 2.97 and has faced 851 batters in his MLB career.

✅ Our St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Pick: Kansas City ✅

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