Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (72-56) are -139 moneyline favorites to win Saturday when they plan to send Brady Singer to the mound to face the Philadelphia Phillies (74-54). Singer will try to earn his 10th win when the teams hit the field at 7:10 p.m. ET, live on MLB Network. Kansas City’s Singer and Philadelphia’s Ranger Suarez have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this game, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.39
Royals to win vs Phillies -139
Royals vs. Phillies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-139)
- Underdog: Phillies (+117)
- Over/under: 9.5
Royals vs. Phillies Betting Insights
- The Royals have been favorites in 62 games this season and have come away with the win 41 times (66.1%) in those contests.
- Kansas City has a record of 25-8 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -139 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 58.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Phillies have won 46.2% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (12-14).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, Philadelphia has a record of 3-3 (50%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Phillies’ implied win probability is 46.1%.
Royals vs. Phillies Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .350 this season with 25 home runs, both rank first among Kansas City hitters.
- Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Witt is 19th in home runs and sixth in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in (96) this season. He’s batting .267 while slugging .452.
- Alec Bohm leads the Phillies with 85 runs batted in while racking up a team-best batting average of .295.
- In all of MLB, Bohm is 117th in home runs and 11th in RBI.
- Bryce Harper has 28 doubles, 26 home runs and 61 walks while batting .275.
Royals vs. Phillies Pitching Rankings
- The Royals have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
- The Royals have the ninth-best ERA (3.81) in the majors this season.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.262 WHIP this season, 16th in the majors.
- The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Phillies pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
- Philadelphia has a 3.72 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Phillies combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.211).