LA Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction MLB Picks 8/21/24

The Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals meet Wednesday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. Here’s a Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals prediction. This will be the final installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Angels vs Royals pick. We will examine:

The Los Angeles Angels recent form and player performance

The Kansas City Royals recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Los Angeles Angels

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Kansas City Royals

Recent betting trends in games played between the Angels and Royals

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Angels vs Royals game

Los Angeles Angels Betting Preview

Over the weekend the Angels took on the Atlanta Braves. Los Angeles won 3-2 Friday but dropped the remaining two games to lose the series. After a 5-3 loss to the Royals on Monday, in game two LA scored three runs in the sixth during a 9-5 win. Starter Tyler Anderson gave up five earned on 12 hits and two walks in 6.0 frames.

Starter for the Angels on Wednesday will be Johnny Cueto. This will be Cueto’s season debut. He’s 114-111 with a 3.50 ERA in 368 career games (363 starts).

Kansas City Royals Betting Preview

Over on the Royals’ side, they played the Cincinnati Reds in their weekend set. Kansas City won all three of those gamed 7-1, 13-1 and 8-1. On Tuesday the Royals out-hit the Angels 12-11 in the loss. Cole Ragans put up 5.0 innings with four earned runs in the start.

Michael Lorenzen will start the Wednesday game for the Royals. This year Lorenzen is 6-6 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 games (21 starts). Lorenzen is 46-44 with a 4.05 ERA in 364 career games (90 starts).

Total Runs Facts

• Eight of the Royals’ last nine home games have gone OVER the total runs line.
• Three of the Angels’ last four night games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Angels’ last eight games as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last four games as favorites against AL West opponents.

Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts

• Paul DeJong has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances against AL West opponents.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one Double in three of the Royals’ last four night games against opponents that held a losing record.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one RBI in seven of the Royals’ last eight night games against opponents that held a losing record.
• Michael Lorenzen has recorded five or more strikeouts in five of his last six appearances against AL West opponents.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Royals’ last 13 games at Kauffman Stadium against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one Single in each of the Royals’ last seven home games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Hunter Renfroe has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one total base in each of the Royals’ last 17 home games against opponents that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. ranks 2nd amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.618) this season.

Los Angeles Angels Player Prop Facts

• Zach Neto has hit a home run in four of the Angels’ last five road games against AL opponents.
• Nolan Schanuel has recorded a Double in each of the Angels’ last four night games.
• Zach Neto has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Angels’ last five road games against opponents that held a winning record.
• Zach Neto has scored at least one run in each of the Angels’ last six games as road underdogs.
• Logan O’Hoppe has recorded at least one Single in each of the Angels’ last six games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
• Mike Trout has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 road appearances against the Royals.
• Mike Trout has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 13 road appearances against the Royals.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Kansas City Royals rank 2nd in the league for home runs allowed this season (120).
• The Kansas City Royals rank 28th in the league for walks this season (329).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for RBI’s this season (471).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for ERA this season (4.56).

Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction

I’ll stay with the Royals. Lozenzen had a bit of a spotty start on August 9 versus the Cardinals, posting 4.1 innings and three earned in a no-decision. In the other two of his last three starts though, Lorenzen is 1-0 with two earned in 11.1 innings.

On Tuesday the Royals couldn’t crawl back out of a 7-2 hole despite a dozen team hits on the evening. In addition to Ragans’ shaky night, there were a couple of rough outings from the bullpen as well. KC really needs Lorenzen to post a quality outing in the finale so the team can set themselves up for a win to take the series.