Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (65-55) are -112 moneyline favorites to win Wednesday when they plan to send Cole Ragans to the mound to face the Minnesota Twins (67-52). Ragans will try to earn his 10th win when the teams hit the field at 1:10 PM ET, live on MLB Network. Kansas City’s Ragans and Minnesota’s Louie Varland have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Royals to win vs Twins -112
Royals vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-112)
- Underdog: Twins (-107)
- Over/under: 8.5
Royals vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Royals have come away with 36 wins in the 56 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Kansas City has a record of 36-19 when favored by -112 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 52.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Twins have gone 14-21 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 40% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -107 or longer, Minnesota has a record of 13-21 (38.2%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Twins have an implied win probability of 51.7%.
Royals vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in home runs with 23, runs batted in with 88 and his batting average of .347 is also best on his team.
- Including all hitters in MLB, Witt is 20th in homers and fourth in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has 112 hits and an OBP of .312 to go with a slugging percentage of .443 this season.
- Carlos Santana is hitting .243 with 22 doubles, 15 home runs and 44 walks.
- Santana ranks 83rd in home runs and 93rd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Willi Castro’s .259 batting average paces his team.
Royals vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Royals have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.90 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.274 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
- Minnesota has a 4.12 team ERA that ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Twins combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.168).