Royals vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 30, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (52-29) will look to Jose Ramirez, who has blasted homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Kansas City Royals (46-39) Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals and Vinnie Pasquantino (who has a two-game home run streak of his own) are -132 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 2:10 PM ET live on BSGL. Seth Lugo gets the starting nod for Kansas City while Logan Allen is Cleveland’s starter for the contest.

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

Royals vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Royals (-132)
• Underdog: Guardians (+112)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Royals have won in 21, or 70%, of the 30 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Kansas City has a record of 12-6 when favored by -132 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 56.9% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Guardians have won 57.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (15-11).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +112 or longer, Cleveland has gone 8-6 (57.1%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Guardians have an implied win probability of 47.2%.

Royals vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .307. He’s also hit 12 home runs with 53 RBI.
• Among all MLB hitters, Witt is seventh in batting average, 22nd in on-base percentage, and 10th in slugging.
• Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in (54) this season. He’s batting .240 while slugging .432.
• Ramirez leads the Guardians in home runs (23), runs batted in (75) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .280.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Ramirez ranks fourth in home runs and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor has 14 doubles, 20 home runs and 30 walks while hitting .239.

Royals vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Royals have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the majors.
• The Royals have the 10th-best ERA (3.79) in the majors this season.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.261 WHIP this season, 13th in the majors.
• The Guardians pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
• Cleveland has a 3.57 team ERA that ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Guardians pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in baseball (1.203).