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Led by Salvador Perez (two-game homer streak), the Kansas City Royals (51-43) are favorites versus the Boston Red Sox (51-41) Friday at 7:10 PM ET. Oddsmakers have named the Royals as -118 favorites for the game, which airs on NESN. Cole Ragans takes the mound for Kansas City while Josh Winckowski is Boston’s starter for the contest.
Be sure to check out our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.95
Royals to win vs Red Sox -118
Royals vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-118)
- Underdog: Red Sox (-102)
- Over/under: 9
Royals vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Royals have won in 23, or 65.7%, of the 35 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Kansas City has come away with a win 20 times in 30 chances when named as a favorite of at least -118 on the moneyline.
- The Royals have an implied victory probability of 54.1% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Red Sox have won 24 of the 43 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (55.8%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -102 or longer, Boston has a record of 19-16 (54.3%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox have an implied win probability of 50.5%.
Royals vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.325) and runs batted in (62) this season while also slugging 15 homers.
- Witt ranks 35th in Major League Baseball in homers, and ninth in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino is batting .249 with an OBP of .315 and a slugging percentage of .431 this season.
- Rafael Devers paces the Red Sox with 21 home runs and 58 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .289.
- Devers’ home run total ranks 10th in MLB, and he is 20th in RBI.
- Jarren Duran is hitting .278 with 25 doubles, 10 triples, 10 home runs and 34 walks.
Royals vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Royals strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.80 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.270 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.8 K/9, the seventh-best in the majors.
- Boston has a 3.65 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the No. 7-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.192).