Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction MLB Picks 10/5/24

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Kansas City

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving New York

-Recent betting trends in games played between Kansas City vs New York

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Royals and Yankees.

Royals Pitching Dominated

The Royals' pitching dominated in the series against the Baltimore Orioles and in the two games they gave up only one run total. On Wednesday, the Royals finished with nine hits and two runs while the pitching gave up six runs and one run. Seth Lugo went 4.1 innings and gave up one hit, and then the bullpen came in and locked down. Bobby Witt Jr finished with two hits and one run and Vinnie Pasquantino finished with two hits, one walk, and one RBI. In the first game, they won 1-0 and it was Cole Ragans who dominated going six innings, giving up four hits and zero runs. 

Getting the start for the Royals will be Michael Wacha who sits with a 13-8 record and an ERA of 3.35. In his last start against the Washington Nationals, he went five innings giving up five hits and four runs. The Royals really need him to be better, because they don’t want to get out to a slow start. 

Will the Layoff Hurt the Yankees?

The Yankees' last game came on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates and now they have had a long layoff since then, for some teams, it hurts them and for other teams, it helps them. In that last game against the Pirates, the Yankees were able to secure a 6-4 victory. Trent Grisham hit a home run and drove in three RBIs. On the season the Yankees have scored 815 runs which is third-best in the league. They finished off the regular season at 94-68 overall, which was the best record in the American League by two games over the Cleveland Guardians. The pitching staff also has an earned run average of 3.47 which is 8th best in the league. Aaron Judge has hit 58 home runs and driven in 144 RBIs so far this season. 

Getting the start for the Yankees will be Gerrit Cole who sits with an 8-5 record and an ERA of 3.41. Cole’s last start came against the Baltimore Orioles and he went 6.2 innings giving up two hits and zero runs. Cole managed to limit the opposing batters to two or fewer runs in all but five starts this year. Two of the games in which he allowed more than that were against the city rivals Mets.

Why the Yankees Will Beat the Royals

• The Royals have lost each of their last seven games against the Yankees following a win.
• The Yankees have won each of their last eight Saturday games against the Royals.
• The Yankees have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 home games against AL Central opponents following a win.
• The Royals have failed to cover the run line in five of their last six games against the Yankees following a win.

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction 

I hate the idea of having to bet on Cole, but with the way Wacha has played as of late, I really don’t trust him. Cole in his last start was dominant against the Orioles giving up zero runs and he’s going to dominate here. The Royals only scored three runs in the last series in two games and their bats are going to be ice-cold here. The Yankees are going to get to Wacha here and they are going to win this game on the run line.