Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Picks & Odds

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Progressive Field, Cleveland

Kansas City Royals logo
FINAL
Cleveland Guardians logo

Kansas City Royals
2

Cleveland Guardians
10

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Royals vs. Guardians: First Five Team Totals | September 8, 2025

Royals vs. Guardians: First Five Team Totals | September 8, 2025 - Colby Marchio

Consensus Picks

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Projected Winner

Kansas City Royalsto win
Confidence
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59.27%(Clear 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.
Clear edge
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Kansas City Royals

59.3%

BN Fair Odds

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-146

Starting Pitcher

Ryan Bergert

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Cleveland Guardians

40.7%

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+146

Starting Pitcher

Slade Cecconi

Team Ratings

KC (Away)vsCLE (Home)

Average44

Pitcher

Below Avg33
Above Avg57

Bullpen

Above Avg63
Strong77

Defense

Above Avg58
Average46

Offense

Weak25
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

KC

KC

CLE

CLE

82 - 77(13th)

40 - 44

Wins

Away/Home

(12th)84 - 75

47 - 34

78 - 81 - 0(17th)

47 - 37 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(9th)82 - 77 - 0

37 - 44 - 0

65 - 86 - 8(27th)

39 - 39 - 6

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(30th)61 - 77 - 21

33 - 40 - 8

Batting Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
4.04
Runs / Game
4.02
0.690
Stolen Bases / Game
0.810
0.990
Home Runs / Game
1.050
0.247
Batting Average
0.225
0.706
On Base %
0.669
0.397
Slugging %
0.373
1.100
OBPS
1.040

Fielding Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.39
Errors / Game
0.64
0.989
Fielding %
0.982

Pitching Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.241
Batting Average Against
0.239
0.392
Slugging % Against
0.385
0.987
On Base % Against
0.980
0.234
Strike Out %
0.256
0.639
Strike %
0.639
0.361
Ball %
0.361

Last 5 Games

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

CLECLE

Result

ATS

Total

vs DET

L6 - 3

L+1.5

7

vs DET

W1 - 6

W-1.5

P7

vs DET

L2 - 1

L-1.5

6

vs TEX

W8 - 9

L-1.5

7

vs TEX

W2 - 3

L-1.5

7

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