Kansas City -105
This line is strange. Almost everything points at the Royals yet the oddsmakers have it as a toss up. Starting pichers are Lugo (KC) vs Armstrong (TB). It's a reliever game for the Rays. Armstrong likely won't pitch more than an inning or two so we'll need to focus on TB bull-pen stats and that is where TB has a slight edge. TB has 2-3 very good middle/late relievers while KC has only 2 IMO but we hopefully, won't see the KC relievers unitl after the 6th.
KC Edge
Starting Pitching (Last 30 days: 1.57 vs 3.97 ERA)
❌️Bull Pen (1.38 vs 1.21 ERA) Both tms well rested.
✅️Batting (last 7 days: WRC 160 vs 74)
Scoring (Run Differential last 10 days: 27 vs -10)
Trend (6 game winning streak KC, 4 game losing streak TB)
Home/Away (KC is ~50% on road, TB is ~50% at home)
Kansas City F5 -0.5 +115
I'm throwing in a F5 RL play on KC as well. They have have been scoring early in the last few games.
4, 9, & 2 runs in the F5 over the last 3 games respectively. They are outscoring their opponents by an average of 5 runs over those 3 games in F5. Also YTD, KC is +5 units on F5 RL plays while TB is -10 units.