Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (34-19) roll into Sunday’s matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (25-28) looking to extend an eight-game winning streak. The contest starts at 1:40 PM ET on BSKC with the Rays listed as -121 favorites on the moneyline to stop the Royals’ streak. Tampa Bay’s Taj Bradley gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Michael Wacha.
Be sure to check out our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.53
Rays to win vs Royals -121
Rays vs. Royals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Rays (-121)
- Underdog: Royals (+101)
- Over/under: 8
Rays vs. Royals Betting Insights
- The Rays have been favorites in 32 games this season and have come away with the win 14 times (43.8%) in those contests.
- This season Tampa Bay has been victorious 11 times in 25 chances when named as a favorite of at least -121 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 54.8% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Royals have won 55.2% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (16-13).
- Kansas City has a 13-11 record (winning 54.2% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +101 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 49.8%.
Rays vs. Royals Hitting Leaders
- Isaac Paredes leads Tampa Bay in home runs with nine, runs batted in with 29 and his batting average of .300 is also best on his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Paredes is 15th in batting average, 11th in on-base percentage, and 25th in slugging.
- Yandy Diaz has 52 hits and an OBP of .317 to go with a slugging percentage of .359 this season.
- Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .304 with 15 doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 20 walks.
- In all of MLB, Witt ranks 42nd in home runs and 13th in RBI.
- Maikel Garcia has 12 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 15 walks while batting .269.
Rays vs. Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Rays average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- The Rays have pitched to a 4.44 ERA this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
- Rays pitchers have a 1.263 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- Kansas City has a 3.32 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.225).