Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (47-39) and Tampa Bay Rays (42-42) meet Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium, starting at 8:10 PM ET on BSKC. The Royals are -120 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Rays are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +155 odds. Kansas City’s Brady Singer and Tampa Bay’s Zack Littell have been named the starters for this contest.
Check out our betting primer for this tilt, and uncover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $36.67
Royals to win vs Rays -120
Royals vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-120)
- Underdog: Rays (+102)
- Over/under: 9.5
Royals vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Royals have been chosen as favorites in 31 games this year and have walked away with the win 22 times (71%) in those games.
- Kansas City has a record of 17-7 when favored by -120 or more this year.
- The Royals have an implied victory probability of 54.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Rays have gone 15-19 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 44.1% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has gone 9-13 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +102 or longer (40.9%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 49.5%.
Royals vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a .312 batting average. He’s also hit 12 homers and has 54 RBI.
- Among all batters in MLB, Witt’s home run total places him 48th and his RBI tally ranks him 15th.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 55 while batting .247 with 10 homers.
- Isaac Paredes has racked up a team-best batting average of .276, while pacing the Rays in home runs (13) and runs batted in (43).
- In all of MLB, Paredes is 37th in homers and 41st in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz has 16 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 27 walks while hitting .271.
Royals vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Royals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Royals rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.257 WHIP this season.
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.8 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- Tampa Bay’s 4.30 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays have the 13th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.255).