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The New York Mets (6-7) host the Kansas City Royals (9-5) at 1:40 PM ET Saturday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Pete Alonso has racked up four homers this season (No. 8 in the league) for the favored Mets which sit as -164 favorites, while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks eighth in the majors with four dingers of his own for the underdogs.
Sean Manaea will get the ball for New York while Kansas City will counter with Alec Marsh.
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Who Will Win Mets vs. Royals?
Mets and Royals Betting Trends
The Mets have been favored on the moneyline eight total times this season. They’ve finished 3-5 in those games.
New York has ynot played as moneyline favorites of -164 or shorter.
This season, the Royals have won five out of the 10 games in which they’ve been the underdog.
This season, Kansas City has won one of its three games when it’s the underdog by at least +137 on the moneyline.
The Mets have played in 13 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total six times (6-7-0).
The Royals and their opponents have gone over the total this season in five of their 14 opportunities.
Mets Stats & Insights
The Mets rank 17th in runs scored with 60, 4.6 per game.
New York is 12th in MLB action with 14 total home runs.
The Mets have the 14th-ranked batting average in the majors (.246).
New York strikes out 7.3 times per game, the second-fewest mark in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 9.5 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
New York’s 3.28 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have scored the 10th-most runs in the league this season with 73.
Kansas City ranks fifth in Major League Baseball with 18 home runs.
The Royals’ .255 batting average ranks 11th in the league this season.
Kansas City ranks ninth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.5 Ks per contest.
The Royals average just 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the majors.
Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 2.82 ERA this year, fourth-best in baseball.
Mets Key Players to Watch
Manaea (1-0) starts for the Mets, his third this season.
Brandon Nimmo is batting .234 for New York with a team-high 11 RBI.
Alonso is slugging .481 this season, with a team-best four homers while driving in seven runs.
Jeff McNeil has collected 10 base hits, an OBP of .370 and a slugging percentage of .359 this season.
Brett Baty leads New York with a .327 batting average.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Marsh will take to the mound for the Royals, his third start of the season.
Witt Jr. has put up a team-best batting average of .333, and paces the Royals in home runs (four).
MJ Melendez is batting .295 with five doubles, three home runs and seven walks.
Maikel Garcia paces the Royals with 12 runs batted in.
Salvador Perez is batting .327 with a double, three home runs and two walks.
Mets and Royals Injuries
Mets: Max Kranick: 15 Day IL (Undisclosed), Sean Reid-Foley: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Tylor Megill: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), David Peterson: 60 Day IL (Hip), Ronny Mauricio: 60 Day IL (Knee), Kodai Senga: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Royals: Michael Massey: 10 Day IL (Back), Carlos Hernandez: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Jake Brentz: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kris Bubic: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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