Royals vs. Twins Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 8, 2024

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Royals vs. Twins Betting Odds, Probable Starters 9/8/2024

Data Skrive:

The Kansas City Royals (78-65) will play the Minnesota Twins (76-66) on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. Bobby Witt Jr. will be looking for his 99th RBI of the season for the favored Royals (-123) when the game gets underway at Kauffman Stadium, live on BSN. Kansas City’s Michael Wacha gets the start, and he’ll go against Minnesota’s Simeon Woods Richardson.

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

Odds to Win

Royals to win vs Twins -123

Bet $20, Payout $36.26

Royals vs. Twins Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Royals (-123)
  • Underdog: Twins (+104)
  • Over/under: 8.5

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.
  • This season Kansas City has been victorious 35 times in 51 chances when named as a favorite of at least -123 on the moneyline.
  • The Royals have an implied victory probability of 55.2% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
  • The Twins have been the underdog on the moneyline 45 total times this season. They’ve finished 17-28 in those games.
  • Minnesota has gone 9-16 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +104 or longer (36%).
  • The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Twins a 49% chance to win.

Royals vs. Twins Hitting Leaders

  • Witt leads Kansas City in batting average (.336), home runs (30) and runs batted in (98) this season.
  • Among hitters in baseball, Witt is 12th in home runs and seventh in RBI.
  • Salvador Perez has collected 140 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .466 on the year.
  • Carlos Santana leads the Twins in home runs (20) and runs batted in (60).
  • Among all hitters in the majors, Santana is 56th in home runs and 83rd in RBI.
  • Willi Castro is hitting .248 to lead his team.

Royals vs. Twins Pitching Rankings

  • The Royals average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
  • Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.90 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
  • Royals pitchers have a 1.260 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
  • The pitching staff for the Twins has a collective 9.2 K/9, the third-best in MLB.
  • Minnesota’s 4.18 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Twins pitchers combine for the No. 3 WHIP in the majors (1.187).