New York Yankees (82-60) vs Kansas City Royals (78-65)
Game Info: Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7:05 pm (Yankee Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: New York Yankees -179 / Kansas City Royals +151 — Over/Under: 8
The Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees meet Monday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Royals vs Yankees pick. We will examine:
The New York Yankees’ recent form and player performance
The Kansas City Royals’ recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Kansas City Royals
Recent betting trends in games played between the Royals and Yankees
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Royals vs Yankees game
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
The Royals are fresh off a series versus the Minnesota Twins. KC won the first pair 5-0 and 4-2. In the finale the Royals bagged a 2-0 win, scoring both runs in the fifth. Michael Wacha had 7.0 innings with four hits, one walk, and seven Ks.
As a starter for Monday, the Royals will go with Brady Singer. This year Singer is 9-10 with a 3.35 ERA in 28 starts. Singer is 36-41 with a 4.22 career ERA in 123 games (120 starts).
New York Yankees Betting Preview
Over on the Yankees’ side, they played the Chicago Cubs in their weekend set. New York won their first pair as well, 3-0 and 2-0. On Sunday the Yankees gave up just three hits but still lost 2-1. Starter Gerrit Cole lasted 6.0 innings with three hits, one walk, seven Ks, and no earned runs.
In the starter slot Monday the Yankees are sending out Carlos Rodon. This year Rodon is 14-9 with a 4.19 ERA in 28 starts. Over 194 career games (189 starts) Rodon is 73-63 with a 3.88 ERA.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Yankees’ last five night games against American League opponents has gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Royals’ last four games has gone UNDER the total run line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last 10 games against American League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last three home games.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Carlos Rodon has recorded a win in each of his last four home appearances.
- Aaron Judge has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Yankees’ last six night games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Aaron Judge has hit at least one home run in five of the Yankees’ last six games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one total base in 21 of his last 22 appearances against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in each of the Yankees’ last 12 games at Yankee Stadium against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Carlos Rodon has recorded seven or more strikeouts in each of his last three appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one hit in 21 of his last 22 appearances against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Anthony Volpe has recorded a Double in each of the Yankees’ last three home games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one Single in each of his last seven appearances against the Royals after playing the previous day.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded a Double in three of the Royals’ last four games against the Yankees.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one Single in 10 of his last 11 appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Royals’ last six night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has hit a home run in each of the Royals’ last two road games against AL opponents.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one total base in each of his 12 previous appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
- Kyle Isbel has scored at least one run in each of his last four appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
- Brady Singer has recorded five or more strikeouts in 10 of his last 11 appearances in night games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 12 night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction
I’ll try the Yankees here. Rodon had a rough start in a loss to the Nationals back on August 28 with five earned runs in 5.2 innings. He was able to bounce back with one earned in 6.0 frames versus Texas in his last appearance, though. As for Singer, he’s doing fairly well over his last pair with four earned in 11.2 innings but he’s 0-1 in those two.
On Sunday the Yankees gave up both runs in the first inning and couldn’t find much offense to come back with on six hits. The good news is that the bullpen was strong and only used two arms. New York will have a fresh crop of pitchers on Monday, but they’ve got to get the bats working.