Guardians vs. Royals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 28, 2024

Steven Kwan, batting .302 this season, leads the Cleveland Guardians (75-57) into a matchup with one of the league’s other top hitters, Bobby Witt Jr. (.347 AVG) and the Kansas City Royals (74-58). Kwan and the Guardians are -134 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup at Progressive Field, beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET live on BSGL. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee and Kansas City’s Michael Wacha have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our betting preview for this contest, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-134)
• Underdog: Royals (+113)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been victorious in 53, or 65.4%, of the 81 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• Cleveland has a record of 23-17 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -134 or more on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 57.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Royals have a 30-34 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 46.9% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +113 or longer, Kansas City has gone 11-20 (35.5%).
• The Royals have a 46.9% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Guardians vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez is batting .277 this season with a team-high 33 home runs and 104 RBI.
• Among all MLB hitters, Ramirez is 27th in batting average, 41st in on-base percentage, and 12th in slugging.
• Josh Naylor has 107 hits and an OBP of .317 to go with a slugging percentage of .460 this season.
• Witt has accumulated a team-best batting average of .347, and leads the Royals in home runs (27).
• Among all batters in the majors, Witt’s home run total puts him 14th, and his RBI total ranks sixth.
• Vinnie Pasquantino’s 96 runs batted in are a team-high mark.

Guardians vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
• Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.82 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.225 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 3.88 team ERA ranks 11th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.275).