Royals vs. Padres Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 2, 2024

Two of the league’s top hitters will meet Sunday when the Kansas City Royals (35-25) and San Diego Padres (32-29) take to the field at 2:10 PM ET, live on BSKC. Salvador Perez is batting .315 for the Royals (-131 favorites on the moneyline) while Luis Arraez leads the underdog Padres (+110) with a .340 average. Cole Ragans gets the starting nod for Kansas City while Michael King is San Diego’s starter for the contest.

Be sure to check out our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Royals vs. Padres Betting Lines

• Favorite: Royals (-131)
• Underdog: Padres (+110)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals vs. Padres Betting Insights

• The Royals have been victorious in 17, or 77.3%, of the 22 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Kansas City has come away with a win nine times in 12 chances when named as a favorite of at least -131 on the moneyline.
• The Royals have an implied victory probability of 56.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The Padres have been the moneyline underdog 24 total times this season. They’ve finished 12-12 in those games.
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +110 or longer, San Diego has gone 5-6 (45.5%).
• The Padres have a 47.6% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Royals vs. Padres Hitting Leaders

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .314 for Kansas City with a team-high 42 RBI.
• Witt ranks 38th in the majors in homers, and eighth in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 65 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .402 on the year.
• Jurickson Profar paces the Padres with 38 runs batted in.
• In all of MLB, Profar is 51st in homers and 16th in RBI.
• Arraez’s .340 batting average leads his team.

Royals vs. Padres Pitching Rankings

• The Royals strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• The Royals have the eighth-best ERA (3.58) in the majors this season.
• The Royals rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.256 WHIP this season.
• The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Padres pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
• San Diego has a 3.95 team ERA that ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Padres have the 10th-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.216).