The Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins meet Wednesday in MLB action from Target Field. Here’s a Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals prediction. This will be the final 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
Over the weekend the Royals played the St. Louis Cardinals. Kansas City lost 8-5 in the opener of that set but evened things up Saturday with an 8-3 win. After an 8-3 loss to the Twins in the opener, on Tuesday the Royals took a blowout loss 13-3. Starter Seth Lugo lasted 4.0 innings with seven earned runs.
In the starter slot Wednesday the Royals will send out Cole Ragans. This year Ragans is 9-7 with a 3.27 ERA in 24 starts. Ragans is 16-15 with a 3.58 ERA in 62 games (45 starts).
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, they took on the Cleveland Guardians in their last set. Minnesota won the first pair before two losses led to an eventual tie series. On Tuesday the Twins out-hit the Royals 15-7 in the victory. Starting pitcher Zebby Matthews managed 5.0 innings and two earned runs.
Louie Varland will start for Minnesota on Wednesday. Varland is 0-4 with a 6.46 ERA this year.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Royals’ last seven games have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Five of the Twins’ last six games as favorites against the Royals have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last four games as underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last three games between the Royals and Twins.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Bailey Ober has recorded a win in each of his last five home appearances.
- Christian Vazquez has recorded at least one RBI in six of his last seven appearances with the Twins as home favorites against AL opponents.
- Willi Castro has scored a run in each of the Twins’ last five games as favorites against the Royals.
- Ryan Jeffers has hit at least one home run in each of his last two appearances in day games against AL Central teams that held a winning record.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one Single in each of the Twins’ last six day games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one hit in each of the Twins’ last 12 games as home favorites.
- Willi Castro has recorded at least one total base in each of the Twins’ last 12 games as home favorites.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 17 games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one total base in each of the Royals’ last 17 games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Royals’ last five day games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Royals’ last seven Wednesday games.
- Salvador Perez has hit a home run in three of the Royals’ last four games as underdogs.
- Garrett Hampson has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances in day games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Hunter Renfroe has recorded at least one Single in each of the Royals’ last seven day games.
Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Royals here. Ragans did have a rough start to close out July, going 5.2 innings with four earned in a loss to the Cubs. Since then Ragans has looked much better however. In his last pair he’s 2-0 with three earned over 12.0 combined frames.
On Tuesday the Royals had a horrid pitching outing, giving up multiple runs in four different innings. The offense wasn’t spectacular either, but it hardly mattered. KC needs to get better on both sides Wednesday if they want to avoid the sweep.