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The Kansas City Royals (76-65) are favorites (-146) on the moneyline when they square off against the Minnesota Twins (76-64) Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET, live on Apple TV+. Kansas City’s Cole Ragans gets the start, and he’ll go against Minnesota’s Zebby Matthews.
Take a look at our betting primer for this game, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $33.70
Royals to win vs Twins -146
Royals vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-146)
- Underdog: Twins (+123)
- Over/under: 8
Royals vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Royals have won in 43, or 65.2%, of the 66 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Kansas City has been victorious 23 times in 31 chances when named as a favorite of at least -146 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 59.3% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Twins have won 17 of the 44 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (38.6%).
- Minnesota is 2-9 (winning just 18.2% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +123 or longer.
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 44.8% in this game.
Royals vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.339), home runs (30) and runs batted in (97) this season.
- Among batters in Major League Baseball, Witt is 11th in home runs and eighth in RBI.
- Salvador Perez is batting .273 with an OBP of .334 and a slugging percentage of .473 this season.
- Carlos Santana has racked up a team-best 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Santana is 55th in homers and 81st in RBI.
- Willi Castro has a club-leading .248 batting average.
Royals vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Royals average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the league this season.
- The Royals have pitched to a 3.94 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
- Royals pitchers have a 1.270 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
- Minnesota has the 19th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.18).
- The Twins have the second-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.188).