The Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins meet Monday in MLB action from Target Field. Here’s a Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Twins vs Royals pick.
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
Kansas City played a pair of games versus the St. Louis Cardinals this past weekend. The Royals lost 8-5 in the opener but evened things up with an 8-3 win in the Saturday matchup. Starter Michael Wacha put up 7.0 innings with two earned runs in that one.
Brady Singer will start for the Royals in Monday’s matchup. This year Singer is 8-7 with a 3.03 ERA in 23 starts. Singer is 35-38 with a 4.19 ERA in 118 career games (115 starts).
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, they just finished up against the Cleveland Guardians. Minnesota won the first pair of installments in that series before a 2-1 loss in game three. In the finale Sunday, the Twins gave up four runs in the sixth inning and eventually lost 5-3.
As starter for Monday’s game the Twins will go with Pablo Lopez. Over 23 starts this year Lopez is 10-8 with a 4.74 ERA. In his career Lopez is 49-47 with a 4.00 ERA in 149 starts.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Royals’ last eight games have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Eight of the Twins’ last 10 night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Twins’ last three night games.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Carlos Correa has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances in night games.
- Ryan Jeffers has recorded at least one RBI in six of his last seven home appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Pablo Lopez has recorded a win in each of his last four appearances against the Royals.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one total base in each of the Twins’ last 10 games as home favorites.
- Pablo Lopez has recorded seven or more strikeouts in each of his last four appearances against the Royals.
- Carlos Correa has hit a home run in three of his last four appearances in night games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one hit in each of the Twins’ last 10 games as home favorites.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one Single in eight of the Twins’ last nine home games against AL opponents.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Brady Singer has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last eight appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
- Salvador Perez has hit a home run in four of the Royals’ last five games as underdogs.
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 15 appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one Single in each of the Royals’ last eight games as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Royals’ last eight night games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Maikel Garcia has scored at least one run in eight of the Royals’ last nine games as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- Brady Singer has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances.
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 15 appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction
I’ll stick with the Royals. Singer will need a better start than he got last time, though. On August 5 versus the Red Sox, Singer put up a loss with four earned on 10 hits and a walk in 5.2 innings. He had three earned in 14.0 prior innings though, going 2-0 in that pair.
In their weekend series the Royals did pretty well offensively with 13 runs in two games. That makes five or more runs in five straight games for KC, but they’ve won just two of those. The pitching needs to get better or this is going to be another long series.