Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Picks & Odds

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Progressive Field, Cleveland

Kansas City Royals logo
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Cleveland Guardians logo

Kansas City Royals
1

Cleveland Guardians
11

Best Odds

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Projected Winner

Cleveland Guardiansto win
Confidence51.83%(Coin flip)
Rating edgeClear edge
Kansas City Royals logo

Kansas City Royals

48.2%

BN Fair Odds

+108

Starting Pitcher

Seth Lugo

Cleveland Guardians logo

Cleveland Guardians

51.8%

BN Fair Odds

-108

Starting Pitcher

Parker Messick

Team Ratings

KC (Away)vsCLE (Home)

Average41

Pitcher

Strong74
Average44

Bullpen

Above Avg57
Above Avg68

Defense

Above Avg64
Average40

Offense

Weak20
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

60 - 76(26th)

25 - 46

Wins

Away/Home

(12th)69 - 68

32 - 36

67 - 69 - 0(19th)

32 - 39 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(24th)64 - 73 - 0

29 - 39 - 0

66 - 55 - 15(17th)

31 - 33 - 7

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(18th)66 - 61 - 10

35 - 28 - 5

Batting Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
4.30
Runs / Game
4.01
0.800
Stolen Bases / Game
0.950
1.030
Home Runs / Game
0.920
0.248
Batting Average
0.236
0.718
On Base %
0.683
0.402
Slugging %
0.369
1.120
OBPS
1.050

Fielding Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.44
Errors / Game
0.52
0.988
Fielding %
0.985

Pitching Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.256
Batting Average Against
0.236
0.427
Slugging % Against
0.391
0.983
On Base % Against
0.976
0.217
Strike Out %
0.279
0.627
Strike %
0.638
0.373
Ball %
0.362

Last 5 Games

KCKC

Result

ATS

Total

@ CLE

L1 - 11

L+1.5

7

@ CLE

W8 - 3

W+1.5

7

@ CLE

W3 - 0

W+1.5

7

@ TOR

W13 - 2

W-1.5

8

@ TOR

L0 - 3

L+1.5

8

CLECLE

Result

ATS

Total

vs KC

W1 - 11

W-1.5

7

vs KC

L8 - 3

L-1.5

7

vs KC

L3 - 0

L-1.5

7

@ LAA

W4 - 3

L-1.5

9

@ LAA

W8 - 6

W-1.5

6

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