Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction MLB Picks 9/11/24

The Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees meet Wednesday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees 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 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 played the Minnesota Twins in their last series and did well, taking a sweep with wins 5-0, 4-2, and 2-0. After a 10-4 loss to New York in the opener, on Tuesday KC bagged 11 hits in a 5-0 shutout victory. Seth Lugo went 7.0 innings with three hits and 10 Ks.

In the starter slot for the Royals on Wednesday it’ll be Cole Ragans. This year Ragans is 11-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 29 starts. Over 67 career games (50 starts) Ragans is 18-17 with a 3.59 ERA.

New York Yankees Betting Preview

Over on the Yankees’ side, their weekend series was against the Chicago Cubs. New York won the first two games by a combined 5-0 but lost Sunday 2-1. On Tuesday the Yankees were only able to muster three team hits. Marcus Stroman put up 5.1 innings with three earned runs as a starter.

It’ll be Luis Gil in the start for the Yankees on Wednesday. So far this season Gil is 13-6 with a 3.24 ERA in 25 starts. In 32 career starts, Gil is 14-7 with a 3.35 ERA.

Total Runs Facts

• Six of the Yankees’ last seven games as home favorites have gone OVER the total runs line.
• Five of the Royals’ last six games have gone UNDER the total run line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last seven Wednesday night games against AL Central opponents.

New York Yankees Player Prop Facts

• Aaron Judge has hit at least one home run in four of the Yankees’ last six home games against AL opponents.
• Giancarlo Stanton has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances at Yankee Stadium.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in each of the Yankees’ last 11 games as favorites.
• DJ LeMahieu has scored at least one run in each of his last seven appearances against the Royals at Yankee Stadium.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 11 appearances against the Royals.
• Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 home appearances after playing the previous day.
• Aaron Judge has recorded at least one RBI in seven of the Yankees’ last eight night games against AL teams that held a winning record.

Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts

• Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last eight Wednesday appearances against teams that held a winning record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 14 night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Paul DeJong has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances with his team as an underdog against AL East opponents.
• Salvador Perez has recorded at least one Single in each of the Royals’ last seven road games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one total base in each of his 14 previous appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has scored at least one run in seven of the Royals’ last eight night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction

I might try the Royals here. Ragans took a loss to Houston on August 31 with five earned in 5.0 innings. In the other two of his last three starts, however, Ragans is 1-0 with one earned in 10.0 frames. As for Gil, he’s coming off 6.0 clean innings in a win over the Cubs but had seven earned in 7.0 innings prior to that.

On Tuesday the Royals got a pretty excellent effort on both sides. KC used only two arms out of the pen, and the 11 hits were spread out among the lineup pretty well. The Royals should have a nice shot at keeping it rolling Wednesday.