Data Skrive:
The Tampa Bay Rays (43-42) are favored on the moneyline (-111) in Wednesday’s contest against the Kansas City Royals (47-40). First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET on BSKC. The Royals, with +183 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot and Kansas City’s Michael Wacha have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting primer for this game, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $38.02
Rays to win vs Royals -111
Rays vs. Royals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Rays (-111)
- Underdog: Royals (-109)
- Over/under: 8.5
Rays vs. Royals Betting Insights
- The Rays have been victorious in 24, or 52.2%, of the 46 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- Tampa Bay has a record of 24-21 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -111 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rays have a 52.6% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Royals have put together a 23-28 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 45.1% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -109 or longer, Kansas City has a 23-27 record (winning 46% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 52.2%.
Rays vs. Royals Hitting Leaders
- Isaac Paredes leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 13, runs batted in with 45 and his batting average of .276 is also best on his team.
- Including all batters in baseball, Paredes is 38th in homers and 36th in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz has collected 92 hits this season and has an OBP of .325. He’s slugging .384 on the year.
- Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals in runs batted in (55) and has a team-high batting average of .311.
- Witt’s home run total ranks 38th in the big leagues, and he is 13th in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has been productive as he paces his team with 55 runs batted in.
Rays vs. Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Rays have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Rays have pitched to a 4.26 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Rays pitchers have a 1.248 WHIP this season, 12th in the majors.
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 23rd in the majors.
- Kansas City has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.78).
- The Royals have the 15th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.262).