Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (77-65) are favorites (-140) on the moneyline when they take on the Minnesota Twins (76-65) Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET, live on FOX. Alec Marsh starts for Kansas City while Bailey Ober is Minnesota’s starter for the contest.
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Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $34.29
Royals to win vs Twins -140
Royals vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-140)
- Underdog: Twins (+119)
- Over/under: 7.5
Royals vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Royals have been favorites in 67 games this season and have come away with the win 44 times (65.7%) in those contests.
- Kansas City has a record of 25-9 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -140 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 58.3% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Twins have been the underdog on the moneyline 45 total times this season. They’ve gone 17-28 in those games.
- Minnesota is 3-10 (winning just 23.1% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +119 or longer.
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 45.7% in this contest.
Royals vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .337 with 30 home runs and 97 RBI. All three of those stats are best among Kansas City hitters this season.
- Witt ranks 12th in baseball in homers, and ninth in RBI.
- Salvador Perez has 140 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .469 this season.
- Carlos Santana leads the Twins with 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
- Santana ranks 55th in home runs and 82nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Willi Castro’s .248 batting average paces his team.
Royals vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Royals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.91 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.265 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Twins has a collective 9.2 K/9, the third-best in MLB.
- Minnesota’s 4.19 team ERA ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Twins pitchers combine for the No. 3 WHIP in MLB (1.190).