The Cleveland Guardians (79-59) visit the Kansas City Royals (75-64) at 7:40 p.m. ET Tuesday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Steven Kwan is batting .295 this year (10th in the league) for the favored Guardians (-132), while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks first in the majors with a .338 average for the underdog Royals.
Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Brady Singer.
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Guardians and Royals Betting Trends
The Guardians have won 55 of the 85 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (64.7%).
When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -132 or shorter, Cleveland has a 33-20 record (winning 62.3% of its games).
The Royals have won 32, or 45.7%, of the 70 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Kansas City is 13-26 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +112 or more on the moneyline.
The Guardians have played in 138 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 65 times (65-64-9).
The Royals and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 64 of their 139 opportunities.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have the No. 14 offense in baseball scoring 4.6 runs per game (628 total runs).
Cleveland is 12th in MLB with 160 total home runs.
The Guardians rank 21st in the majors with a .239 batting average.
Cleveland strikes out 7.3 times per game, the third-best average in the majors.
The Guardians pitching staff is 10th in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
Cleveland’s 3.83 team ERA ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals are among the highest scoring teams in the majors, ranking seventh with 665 total runs this season.
Kansas City ranks 15th in Major League Baseball with 156 home runs.
The Royals rank seventh in MLB with a .254 team batting average.
Kansas City ranks second in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 6.8 Ks per contest.
The Royals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.94 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Bibee makes the start for the Guardians, his 27th of the season. He is 10-6 with a 3.65 ERA and 156 strikeouts in 143 2/3 innings pitched.
Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (34) and runs batted in (105) this season while batting .275.
Josh Naylor has collected 118 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .474 on the year.
Kwan leads Cleveland with a .295 batting average while slugging 13 homers and driving in 41 runs.
Andres Gimenez has 124 hits and an OBP of .301 to go with a slugging percentage of .336 this season.
Royals Key Players to Watch
The Royals will hand the ball to Singer (9-9) for his 28th start of the season.
Witt has a team-high batting average of .338, and leads the Royals in home runs (30) and runs batted in (97).
Salvador Perez has 26 doubles, 25 home runs and 39 walks while batting .273.
Maikel Garcia is hitting .238 with 24 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 36 walks.
MJ Melendez has 21 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 29 walks while hitting .215.
Guardians and Royals Injuries
Guardians: Carlos Carrasco: 15 Day IL (Hip), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Royals: Hunter Renfroe: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), 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 (Biceps), Dan Altavilla: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Lucas Erceg: day-to-day (Hand), Yuli Gurriel: day-to-day (Hamstring)
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