Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Picks & Odds

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Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Texas Rangers logo
FINAL
Kansas City Royals logo

Texas Rangers
6

Kansas City Royals
3

Best Odds

Rangers vs. Royals: First Five Team Totals | August 20, 2025

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Consensus Picks

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BN Prediction Engine

FINAL

Projected Winner

Kansas City Royalsto win
Confidence
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57.8%(Slight edge)
Rating edge
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Rating edge describes the gap between the teams based on the model's rating inputs, including pitching, bullpen, offense and defense.
Strong edge
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Texas Rangers

42.2%

BN Fair Odds

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+137

Starting Pitcher

Caleb Boushley

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Kansas City Royals

57.8%

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BN Fair Odds

-137

Starting Pitcher

Noah Cameron

Team Ratings

TEX (Away)vsKC (Home)

Weak0

Pitcher

Above Avg56
Above Avg59

Bullpen

Average50
Strong91

Defense

Strong81
Below Avg30

Offense

Average44
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

TEX

TEX

KC

KC

80 - 81(19th)

35 - 48

Wins

Away/Home

(13th)82 - 77

42 - 33

83 - 77 - 1(10th)

43 - 40 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(17th)78 - 81 - 0

31 - 44 - 0

67 - 85 - 9(24th)

38 - 38 - 7

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(27th)65 - 86 - 8

26 - 47 - 2

Batting Stats

TEX

TEX

KC

KC
4.22
Runs / Game
4.04
0.830
Stolen Bases / Game
0.690
1.080
Home Runs / Game
0.990
0.234
Batting Average
0.247
0.683
On Base %
0.706
0.381
Slugging %
0.397
1.060
OBPS
1.100

Fielding Stats

TEX

TEX

KC

KC
0.31
Errors / Game
0.39
0.991
Fielding %
0.989

Pitching Stats

TEX

TEX

KC

KC
0.230
Batting Average Against
0.241
0.374
Slugging % Against
0.392
0.980
On Base % Against
0.987
0.250
Strike Out %
0.234
0.648
Strike %
0.639
0.352
Ball %
0.361

Last 5 Games

TEXTEX

Result

ATS

Total

@ CLE

L8 - 9

W+1.5

7

@ CLE

L2 - 3

W+1.5

7

@ CLE

W7 - 3

W+1.5

7

vs MIN

L4 - 0

L-1.5

7

vs MIN

W2 - 4

W-1.5

7

KCKC

Result

ATS

Total

@ LAA

W9 - 4

W-1.5

9

@ LAA

L2 - 3

W+1.5

9

@ LAA

W8 - 4

W-1.5

9

vs TOR

L8 - 5

L+1.5

8

vs TOR

W1 - 2

W+1.5

9

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