The Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays meet Wednesday in MLB action at Tropicana Field. Here’s a Rays vs Royals Prediction. This article will include a Rays vs Royals Pick.
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
The Kansas City Royals are 34-46 on the year and play the White Sox and Rays next. The Kansas City Royals are batting .248 on the season, have a .320 OBP, and have a .397 slugging percentage. The Kansas City Royals pitching staff has a 4.54 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Kansas City Royals with 88 hits and 32 RBI, while Maikel Garcia and Jac Caglianone have combined for 140 hits and 60 RBI.
Noah Cameron gets the ball for the Kansas City Royals, and he is 4-4 with a 4.20 ERA and 70 strikeouts this season. This will be Cameron’s second career game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
The Tampa Bay Rays are 43-33 on the year and play the Royals and Diamondbacks next. The Tampa Bay Rays are batting .256 on the season, have a .334 OBP, and have a .382 slugging percentage. The Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has a 3.94 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay Rays with 90 hits and 50 RBI, while Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero have combined for 157 hits and 89 RBI.
Griffin Jax gets the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays, and he is 2-5 with a 3.67 ERA and 46 strikeouts this season. Jax is 2-2 with a 3.08 ERA and 29 strikeouts in his career against the Kansas City Royals.
Why the Tampa Bay Rays will win
- The Royals have lost each of their last nine Wednesday games against American League opponents.
- The Rays have won 18 of their last 24 home games against American League opponents.
- The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven Wednesday games against American League opponents.
- The Rays have led after 5 innings in each of their last five Wednesday night games against the Royals at Tropicana Field.
Why the Kansas City Royals will win
- The road team has won each of the last nine games between the Royals and Rays.
- The Rays have lost each of their last five games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The road team has covered the run line in each of the last nine games between the Royals and Rays.
- The Rays have failed to cover the run line in each of their last eight games against AL Central opponents following a home loss.
- The Royals have won the first inning in three of their last four games as road underdogs against American League opponents.
- The Rays have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last six games against AL Central opponents.
- The Rays have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last six games against AL Central opponents.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Rays’ last eight night games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Seven of the Royals’ last eight night games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- There has been at least one run scored in the first inning in 11 of the Royals’ last 12 games as road underdogs against American League opponents.
- There has been no run scored during the first inning in four of the last five games between the Royals and Rays.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Junior Caminero has hit at least one home run in four of the Rays’ last six night games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Griffin Jax has recorded five or more strikeouts in four of his last five appearances in night games.
- Taylor Walls has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances with the Rays as favorites.
- Yandy Diaz is one of only two players to hit over .300 and have 45+ RBIs this season.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Jac Caglianone has hit at least one home run in four of the Royals’ last five games.
- Noah Cameron has recorded five or more strikeouts in six of his last seven appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
- Carter Jensen has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 14 appearances.
- Bobby Witt Jr. ranks 2nd in the league in Steals (28) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Rays rank 30th in the league for home runs this season (63).
- The Rays rank 1st in the league for strikeouts against this season (557).
- The Royals rank T2nd in the league for doubles this season (143).
- The Royals are one of only four teams in the league to rank top 10 in both steals and batting average this season.
Rays vs Royals Prediction
I’ve faded the Royals a lot this season, but the value is with them and the plus money in this spot. one, this is the best the Royals have looked this season with a strong week of winnsing and an offense thats caught fire. Also, Jax has struggled at home through 21.2 innings with a 4.57 ERA. Cameron has been cosnsitent lately, allowing 19 hits and 8 earned runs in his last 22.1 innings. on the road through 34 frames, Cameron has a 3.71 ERA and .231 allwoed batting average. I’ll grab the plus money with the Royals.