New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 28 (7/28): MLB

New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 28 (7/28): MLB

Credit: photo by Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 7:10 p.m. EST
Yankees money line +139
Yankees run line +1.5 (-150)
Royals money line -165
Royals run line -1.5 (+130)
Over / under 7.5

 

Key stats

  New York Yankees  Kansas City Royals
Record 66-33 39-59
Home / road record 37-12 17-29
Last 10 record 4-6 4-6
Streak L2 L2
Over / under record 48-48-3 46-48-4
Runs / game 5.30 3.87
Runs allowed / game 3.32 5.01

 

Preview

The Kansas City Royals will visit the New York Yankees to play a 4-game series at the Yankee Stadium. The Royals lost their last series against the Angels while the Yankees lost twice in a short 2-game series vs Mets. The Yankees swept the Royals in Kansas City earlier this season.

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 66-33 record and have lost 5 of their last 7 games. The team is averaging 5.3 runs per game. They're batting for .246 AVG, 525 runs scored in 818 hits and 168 home runs, ranking #1 in offense in the league. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .292 with 38 home runs and 82 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.3 runs per game and rank #2 in the league. All-Star Nestor Cortes leads the pitching staff with a 2.48 ERA, 106 strikeouts and 8 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:  Jameson Taillon (10-2, 3.93 ERA)

Taillon will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for New York. In 2.2 innings Friday against Baltimore, Taillon gave up two earned runs on four hits, three walks, and two strikeouts. He did not factor in the decision. He has a 1-0 record with an ERA of 0.47 and 21 strikeouts in 3 appearances versus the Royals in his career.

Kansas City Royals

The Royals get to this game with a 34-53 record and have won 3 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 3.87 runs per game. They're batting for .247 AVG, 379 runs scored in 818 hits and 79 home runs, ranking #26 in offense in the league behind the Los Angeles Angels. Bobby Witt Jr is batting for a .258 AVG. 51 RBI and 14 home runs.

Defensively they are allowing 5.01 runs per game and ranking #26 in the league. Brad Keller leads the team with a 4.18 ERA, 73 strikeouts and 5 wins recorded for the Royals.

Probable Pitcher:  Brady Singer (4-3, 3.82 ERA)

Singer will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Royals. Singer pitched six and a half innings against the Rays, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks while also striking out 12 batters. He has a 0-1 record with an ERA of 8.59 and 7 strikeouts in 2 appearances against the Yankees in his career.

BETTING TRENDS

Kansas City Royals are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road.

Kansas City Royals are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees.

The total has gone OVER in 11 of NY Yankees' last 14 games against Kansas City.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees' last 5 games at home.

Prediction

The Yankees have struggled a bit this month as they're 10-12 so far in July but they're still the #1 offense and #2 defense in the league and they just took away one of the Royals best hitters. Andrew Benitendi is now a Yankee. The Royals rank at the bottom in offense and defense and are still without Salvador Perez. Brady Singer will get the mound and he has been pounded by the Yankees in his career while Taillon has absolutely dominated the Royals. This seems to easy, take the Yankees.

PICK: Yankees -1.5 (-110)

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