The Kansas City Royals (39-59) and New York Yankees (66-33) meet Thursday at 7:05 p.m. ET to kick off a 3-game series at Yankee Stadium. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Royals vs. Yankees odds with MLB picks and predictions.
Season series: New York leads 3-0.
The Royals are playing their 1st road series of the 2nd half. Kansas City, which has logged just 4 road games since July 7, has played just .370 ball on the road this season. The Royals’ offense had been surging in July, but was shut out in each of the club’s last 2 games.
The Yankees are coming off back-to-back losses to the crosstown Mets and are under-.500 this month (10-12) after dominating over the season’s first half. Five of New York’s last 7 losses have been by 2 runs or less, and over those 7 losses the club has gone just 6-for-64 (.094) with runners in scoring position.
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Royals at Yankees projected starters
RHP Brady Singer vs. RHP Jameson Taillon
Singer (4-3, 3.82 ERA) has registered a 1.21 WHIP, 2.3 BB/9 and 9.4 K/9 through 77 2/3 IP in 15 games (12 starts).
- Has allowed just 2 ER over his last 12 IP and is coming off a season-high 12K in his last start.
- Had an 8.59 ERA in 2 starts against the Yankees last season.
Taillon (10-2, 3.93 ERA) is tabbed for his 20th start. He has a 1.17 WHIP, 1.3 BB/9 and 7.3 K/9 in 103 IP.
- Owns a minuscule 0.47 ERA over 3 career starts against K.C.
- Has struggled on the road the last couple seasons (5.12 ERA), but owns a 3.36 ERA at Yankee Stadium over the same span.
Royals at Yankees odds and lines
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:31 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Royals +190 (bet $100 to win $190) | Yankees -240 (bet $240 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Royals +1.5 (-108) | Yankees -1.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -120 | U: -105)
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Royals at Yankees picks and predictions
Prediction
Yankees 6, Royals 3
Money line
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Run line/Against the spread
There is some Yankees team and Taillon recency drag that can be explained away by some bad situational numbers, unkind bounces, and dodgy rates around the margins.
Against a Royals team that plays in few 1-run affairs, peg that as creating some value for a Yankees club which is 21-4 in games decided by 5-or-more runs. The Yanks outscored K.C. 21-6 in an April series in Missouri.
TAKE THE YANKEES -1.5 (-112).
Over/Under
Looking at real-versus-expected runs for starting pitchers, both bullpens, and both offenses yields a mix of crisscrossing signals not worth unentangling. PASS.
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