Royals vs. Marlins Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 26, 2024

The Kansas City Royals (43-38) host the Miami Marlins (28-51) Wednesday to close out a three-game series. The Royals are favored (-192) to win the rubber match, which starts at 2:10 PM ET from Kauffman Stadium. Brady Singer will get the ball for Kansas City while Miami will counter with Valente Bellozo.

Take a look at our betting primer for this tilt, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Royals vs. Marlins Betting Lines

• Favorite: Royals (-192)
• Underdog: Marlins (+160)
• Over/under: 9.5

Royals vs. Marlins Betting Insights

• The Royals have been victorious in 20, or 69%, of the 29 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Kansas City has been victorious five times in six chances when named as a favorite of at least -192 on the moneyline.
• The Royals have an implied victory probability of 65.8% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Marlins are 25-40 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 38.5% of those games).
• Miami has a record of 3-12 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +160 or longer (20%).
• The Marlins have an implied moneyline win probability of 38.5% in this game.

Royals vs. Marlins Hitting Leaders

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in home runs with 12, runs batted in with 53 and his batting average of .311 is also best on his team.
• Of all MLB hitters, Witt ranks fourth in batting average, 21st in on-base percentage, and 10th in slugging.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 76 hits this season and has an OBP of .290. He’s slugging .343 on the year.
• Jazz Chisholm leads the Marlins in runs batted in (37) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .264.
• Among all batters in the majors, Chisholm is 63rd in home runs and 66th in RBI.
• Bryan De La Cruz’s 14 home runs are a team-high mark.

Royals vs. Marlins Pitching Rankings

• The Royals average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the league this season.
• The Royals have the 11th-ranked ERA (3.84) in the majors this season.
• The Royals rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.271 WHIP this season.
• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Marlins pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Miami has the 27th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.60).
• The Marlins average baseball’s fifth-worst WHIP (1.353).