The New York Yankees (83-62) host the Kansas City Royals (80-66) at 7:05 p.m. ET Wednesday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Yankees (-152), Aaron Judge is batting .320 this year, third in the league, while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks first in the majors with a .334 average for the underdog Royals.
New York’s Luis Gil gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Cole Ragans.
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Yankees and Royals Betting Trends
The Yankees have won 54.7% of th🀅e games this season 🅷when they were the moneyline favorite (64-53).
New York has a record of 37-30 when playing as moneyline💦 favorites with odds of -152 or shorter (55.2% winning percentage).
This season, the Royals have won 34 out of the 74 games, or 45.9%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Kansas City is 7-16 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +1𝓡ꩲ28 or more on the moneyline.
The Yankees have combined with opponents to hit the 💜over on the total 79 times this season for a 79-62-4 record against the over/under.
The Royals and their opponents have🌠 gone over the total this season in 65 of their 146 opportunities.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The🍌 Yankees are the second-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging five runs per game (730 total).
The New York Yanﷺkees have hit an MLB-leading 215 home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
The Yankees rank eighth in the 💮majors with a .250 batting average.
New York’s batters strike out 8.1 times per game, the ninth-fewest strikeouts in MLB.
The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yan👍kees pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB.
New York’s 3.81 team ERA ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have scored the ninth-most runs i꧑n the league this season with 690.
Kansas City’s 161 home runs rank 16th in Major League Baseball.
The Royals’ .254 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking sixth in MLB.
Kansas City is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking second with an 🌄average of 6.9 strikeouts per game.
The Royals average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the maj✱ors this season.
Kansas Cit🅺y pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Gil makes the start for the Yankees, his 26th oꦐf the season. He is 13-6 with a 3.24 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 130 2/3 innings pitched.
Judge leads New York in home runs with 51, runs batted in with 126 and his batting a🅺verage of .320 is🌳 also best on his team.
Juan Soto has🦩 151 hits and an OBP of🅘 .420 to go with a slugging percentage of .578 this season.
Jazz Chisholm has 132 hits this s⛄eason and a slash line of .261/.328/.445.
Anthony Volpe is bat♒ting .251 with an OBP of .299 and a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
Royals Key Players to Watch
The Royals’ Ragans (11-9) will make his 30th start of the season.
Witt has accumulated a team-high batting average of .334, and paces𒉰 the Royals in home runs (30).
Salvador Perez ha✨s made the most of his opportunities as he leads his team with 100 R🐷BI.
Maikel Garcia is hitting .239 with 25 doubles, fivඣe triples, seven hom𝓀e runs and 36 walks.
Hunter Renfroe is batting✅ .240 with 18 doubles, 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 ღ(Elbow)
Royals: Vinnie 🍸Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Lorenzen: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Bi๊ceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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