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

Consensus Picks

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BN Prediction Engine

FINAL

Projected Winner

St. Louis Cardinalsto win
Confidence
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50.19%(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

50.2%

BN Fair Odds

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-101

Starting Pitcher

Michael McGreevy

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Kansas City Royals

49.8%

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BN Fair Odds

+101

Starting Pitcher

Seth Lugo

Team Ratings

STL (Away)vsKC (Home)

Average46

Pitcher

Average52
Average45

Bullpen

Average42
Above Avg59

Defense

Above Avg65
Average45

Offense

Average41
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
4.31
Runs / Game
4.13
0.590
Stolen Bases / Game
0.770
1.010
Home Runs / Game
1.020
0.239
Batting Average
0.245
0.689
On Base %
0.711
0.375
Slugging %
0.398
1.060
OBPS
1.110

Fielding Stats

STL

STL

KC

KC
0.44
Errors / Game
0.47
0.988
Fielding %
0.987

Pitching Stats

STL

STL

KC

KC
0.254
Batting Average Against
0.262
0.394
Slugging % Against
0.443
0.976
On Base % Against
0.982
0.225
Strike Out %
0.221
0.627
Strike %
0.627
0.373
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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