Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals - MLB - Predictions, Betting Lines, Odds and Trends

Michael A. Taylor is only two hits away from his 100th of the campaign as his Kansas City Royals (57-84) face the Minnesota Twins (70-70) on Wednesday at 7:40 PM ET.

The Royals are an underdog (+168 moneyline odds to win) when they take the field at the Twins (-201). The Twins will start Sonny Gray (7-4) versus the Royals and Zack Greinke (4-8). The contest has a set total of 7.5.

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Twins vs. Royals Last 10 Games Betting Performance

Twins

Minnesota was named the moneyline favorite by bookmakers just twice in the last 10 games, and split those matchups.
In their last 10 outings (14 of them had set totals), the Twins and their opponents combined to hit the over 11 times.
Minnesota is 6-8-0 against the spread over its past 10 games.

Royals

Kansas City has played as the underdog in six of its past 10 games and has gone 3-3 in those contests.
In their last 10 games with a total, the Royals and their opponents have combined to hit the over five times.
Kansas City has won six of its last 10 games against the spread.

Twins vs. Royals Starting Pitcher Betting Trends

Projected starter: Sonny Gray

When Gray starts, the Twins have gone 10-12-0 against the spread.
The Twins have been favored on the moneyline in 17 of Gray’s starts this season, and they went 11-6 in those games.
Gray’s team has won 13 of his 22 starts.
Gray’s starts went over the run total 13 times in 22 games with a set total this season.

Projected starter: Zack Greinke

Greinke and his team have a record of 14-8-0 against the spread when he starts.
His team has been victorious in 44.4% of the games he’s started as the moneyline underdog with a record of 8-10.
In games Greinke has started, his team is 11-11.
Out of Greinke’s 22 starts with a total this season, 11 have hit the over.

Twins Batting Leaders

Luis Arraez paces the Twins with a .319 batting average.
Among all hitters in MLB play, Arraez’s home run total ranks 199th and his RBI tally ranks 144th.
Arraez heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .326 with six doubles, a walk and an RBI.
Carlos Correa has 19 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 53 walks while hitting .280.
Correa ranks 51st in homers and 82nd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
Gio Urshela has 23 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 32 walks while batting .272.
Urshela heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .308 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBI.
Max Kepler is hitting .227 with 18 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 49 walks.

Royals Batting Leaders

Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.249), home runs (20) and runs batted in (72) this season.
In all of Major League Baseball, Witt Jr. is 51st in homers and 38th in RBI.
Witt Jr. has safely hit in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with three doubles, two walks and two RBI.
MJ Melendez is batting .218 with an OBP of .318 and a slugging percentage of .389 this season.
Melendez is 94th in home runs and 107th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
Salvador Perez’s 20 home runs lead all Kansas City hitters, and he’s slugging .453.
Taylor has collected 98 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .385 on the year.