Padres vs. Royals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 31, 2024

The San Diego Padres (30-29) visit the Kansas City Royals (35-23) at 8:10 PM ET Friday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Padres (-131), Luis Arraez is batting .332 this year, first in the league, while Salvador Perez ranks fifth in the majors with a .320 average for the underdog Royals. San Diego’s Dylan Cease gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Michael Wacha.

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Padres vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-131)
• Underdog: Royals (+111)
• Over/under: 8

Padres vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 35 games this year and have walked away with the win 18 times (51.4%) in those games.
• This year San Diego has won 11 of 21 games when listed as at least -131 on the moneyline.
• The Padres have an implied victory probability of 56.7% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Royals have won 17 of the 33 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (51.5%).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +111 or longer, Kansas City has a 7-10 record (winning 41.2% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Royals a 47.4% chance to win.

Padres vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar is batting .323 for San Diego with a team-high 35 RBI.
• Profar ranks 48th in Major League Baseball in home runs, and 20th in RBI.
• Arraez’s batting average of .332 leads all San Diego hitters this season.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has 16 doubles, six triples, nine home runs and 20 walks while hitting .309.
• Witt’s home run total ranks 34th in the majors, and he is 10th in RBI.
• Perez has hit 10 home runs with 41 runs batted in while hitting .320. Those stats all pace his team.

Padres vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Padres average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
• The Padres have pitched to a 3.90 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
• The Padres have a combined 1.208 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 3.41 team ERA ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.234).