The New York Yankees (83-61) host the Kansas City Royals (79-66) at 7:05 p.m. ET Tuesday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Yankees (-145), Aaron Judge is batting .322 this year, second in the league, while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks first in the majors with a .335 average for the underdog Royals.
New York’s Marcus Stroman and Kansas City’s Seth Lugo have been named the starters for this contest.
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Yankees and Royals Betting Trends
The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite 116 total times this season. They’ve finished 64-52 in those games.
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -145 or shorter, New York has a 41-▨34 record (winning 54.7% 🍨of its games).
The Royals have been underdogs in 73 games thisও season and won 33 (45.2%) of those contests.
This season, Kansas City has won nine of its 30 games, or 30%, when it’s the underdog by at least +122 on the moneyline.
In the 144 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Yankees, they have combin🌃ed with opponents to go over the total 79 times (79-61-4).
The Royals and their♕ opponents have hit the over in 65 of their 145 games with a total this season.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees have the💦 No. 2 offense in MLB play scorin꧃g 5.1 runs per game (730 total runs).
The New 🌌York Yankees lead bas🔯eball with 215 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
The Yankees rank eighth in MLB with a .251 battin🎉g average.
New York’s hitters strike out eight times per game, the ninth-fewest strikeouts in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Yankees has a🅠 collective nine K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
New York🌸 has a 3.80 team ERA that ranks e💟ighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals are among the highest s💛coring teams in the majors, ranking ninth with 685 total 🧜runs this season.
Kansas City’s 160 home runs rank 16th in Major League Baseball.
The Royals’ .253 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking seventh in MLB.
Kansa꧃s City ranks second in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 6.9 Ks per contest.
The Royals average the 24th-most s♛trikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
Kan💟sas City has pitched to a 3.92 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Stroman makes the start for the Yankees, his 28th of the season. He is 10-7 wit𓆉h a 4.03 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 143 2/3 innings pitched.
Judge is b♐atting .322 with 51 home runs and 126 RBI. All three of those stats lead New York hitte♋rs this season.
Juan Soto is batting .292 with an OBP of .423 and a slugging percent🌠age of .582 this season.
Jazz Chisholm has collected 132 base hits, an OBP of .330 and a slugging per𓃲centage of .447 this season.
Antho😼ny Volpe has 146 hits and an OBP of .300 to go with a slugging percentage of .380 this 🌌season.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Lugo (15-8) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his ꩲ30th starꦦt of the season.
Witt leads the Royals in home runs (3꧙0), runs batted in (98) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .335.
Salvador Perez has been productive as he paces his team with 98 RBIꦦ.
Maikel Garcia has 25 doubles, five 🌞triples, seven🔜 home runs and 36 walks while batting .239.
H🦩unter Renfroe is hitting .240 with 18 double🌃s, 13 home runs and 35 walks.
Yankees and Royals Injuries
Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10 Day IL (Hip), Cody Poteet: 60 Day IL (🗹Tricep), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hu♕nter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Lorenzen: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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