St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Picks, Odds & Player Props

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Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

St. Louis Cardinals logo
FINAL
Kansas City Royals logo

St. Louis Cardinals
5

Kansas City Royals
6

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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Picks and Predictions: June 19, 2026

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Picks and Predictions: June 19, 2026 - Nate Hornung

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FINAL

Projected Winner

St. Louis Cardinalsto win
Confidence
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50.44%(Coin flip)
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.
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St. Louis Cardinals

50.4%

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-102

Starting Pitcher

Michael McGreevy

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Kansas City Royals

49.6%

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+102

Starting Pitcher

Seth Lugo

Team Ratings

STL (Away)vsKC (Home)

Average51

Pitcher

Average48
Average46

Bullpen

Average41
Above Avg60

Defense

Above Avg68
Average40

Offense

Below Avg35
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

STL

STL

KC

KC

40 - 33(6th)

19 - 16

Wins

Away/Home

(28th)30 - 45

18 - 21

43 - 30 - 0(4th)

22 - 13 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(28th)32 - 43 - 0

20 - 19 - 0

32 - 29 - 12(27th)

14 - 14 - 7

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(17th)38 - 29 - 8

21 - 14 - 4

Batting Stats

STL

STL

KC

KC
4.42
Runs / Game
4.10
0.610
Stolen Bases / Game
0.770
1.040
Home Runs / Game
1.010
0.240
Batting Average
0.242
0.698
On Base %
0.703
0.382
Slugging %
0.393
1.080
OBPS
1.100

Fielding Stats

STL

STL

KC

KC
0.44
Errors / Game
0.45
0.988
Fielding %
0.987

Pitching Stats

STL

STL

KC

KC
0.251
Batting Average Against
0.260
0.394
Slugging % Against
0.436
0.977
On Base % Against
0.983
0.226
Strike Out %
0.221
0.625
Strike %
0.627
0.375
Ball %
0.373

Last 5 Games

STLSTL

Result

ATS

Total

@ KC

L5 - 6

L-1.5

8

@ KC

L6 - 14

L-1.5

9

vs SD

L6 - 1

L-1.5

8

vs SD

W2 - 3

L-1.5

8

vs SD

W0 - 3

W-1.5

8

KCKC

Result

ATS

Total

vs STL

W5 - 6

W+1.5

8

vs STL

W6 - 14

W+1.5

9

@ WSH

W6 - 2

W+1.5

10

@ WSH

L4 - 6

L+1.5

8

@ WSH

L3 - 7

L+1.5

9

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