Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Picks & Odds

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Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Detroit Tigers logo
FINAL
Kansas City Royals logo

Detroit Tigers
3

Kansas City Royals
4

Best Odds

Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Picks and Predictions: May 8, 2026

Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Picks and Predictions: May 8, 2026 - Nate Hornung

Consensus Picks

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Projected Winner

Kansas City Royalsto win
Confidence52.83%(Coin flip)
Rating edgeSlight edge
Detroit Tigers logo

Detroit Tigers

47.2%

BN Fair Odds

+112

Starting Pitcher

Keider Montero

Kansas City Royals logo

Kansas City Royals

52.8%

BN Fair Odds

-112

Starting Pitcher

Kris Bubic

Team Ratings

DET (Away)vsKC (Home)

Above Avg69

Pitcher

Above Avg61
Average40

Bullpen

Average44
Average52

Defense

Strong84
Average49

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

DET

DET

KC

KC

17 - 21(17th)

6 - 15

Wins

Away/Home

(24th)16 - 21

11 - 9

18 - 20 - 0(17th)

7 - 14 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(24th)16 - 21 - 0

12 - 8 - 0

18 - 15 - 5(26th)

10 - 9 - 2

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(19th)19 - 14 - 4

13 - 6 - 1

Batting Stats

DET

DET

KC

KC
4.40
Runs / Game
4.28
0.330
Stolen Bases / Game
0.800
1.120
Home Runs / Game
1.050
0.238
Batting Average
0.247
0.709
On Base %
0.718
0.395
Slugging %
0.402
1.100
OBPS
1.120

Fielding Stats

DET

DET

KC

KC
0.45
Errors / Game
0.44
0.987
Fielding %
0.988

Pitching Stats

DET

DET

KC

KC
0.232
Batting Average Against
0.258
0.380
Slugging % Against
0.429
0.982
On Base % Against
0.982
0.242
Strike Out %
0.215
0.642
Strike %
0.628
0.358
Ball %
0.372

Last 5 Games

DETDET

Result

ATS

Total

@ KC

L3 - 4

L-1.5

P7

vs BOS

L4 - 0

L-1.5

8

vs BOS

L10 - 3

L-1.5

11

vs BOS

L5 - 4

W+1.5

5

vs TEX

W1 - 7

W-1.5

P8

KCKC

Result

ATS

Total

vs DET

W3 - 4

W+1.5

P7

vs CLE

L8 - 5

W+3.5

9

vs CLE

L3 - 1

L-1.5

8

vs CLE

W3 - 5

W+1.5

7

vs CLE

W2 - 6

W-1.5

9

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