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
1
Cleveland Guardians
11

Best Odds

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BN Computer Picks

FINAL

Projected Winner

Cleveland Guardiansto win
Confidence53.45%(Slight edge)
Rating edgeClear edge
Kansas City Royals logo

Kansas City Royals

Starting Pitcher

Seth Lugo

46.6%

BN Fair Odds

+115

Moneyline Edge

★ +57

Predicted Score

4

Spread Fair Odds

(+1.5)

-159

Spread Edge

★ +28
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Cleveland Guardians

Starting Pitcher

Parker Messick

53.4%

BN Fair Odds

-115

Moneyline Edge

—

Predicted Score

5

Spread Fair Odds

(-1.5)

+159

Spread Edge

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Team Ratings

KC (Away)vsCLE (Home)

Below Avg32

Pitcher

Strong73
Average43

Bullpen

Above Avg55
Above Avg69

Defense

Above Avg63
Average44

Offense

Below Avg36
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(18th)

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
4.26
Runs / Game
4.19
0.800
Stolen Bases / Game
0.900
1.050
Home Runs / Game
1.000
0.248
Batting Average
0.239
0.718
On Base %
0.696
0.402
Slugging %
0.380
1.120
OBPS
1.080

Fielding Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.48
Errors / Game
0.52
0.987
Fielding %
0.985

Pitching Stats

KC

KC

CLE

CLE
0.261
Batting Average Against
0.238
0.439
Slugging % Against
0.388
0.981
On Base % Against
0.977
0.215
Strike Out %
0.283
0.629
Strike %
0.640
0.371
Ball %
0.360

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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