LA Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction MLB Picks 8/20/24

The Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals meet Tuesday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. Here’s a Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals prediction. This will be the second 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

In their weekend set the Angels took on the Atlanta Braves. Los Angeles won the opener 3-2 but fell in the remaining pair for a series loss. On Monday versus KC, the Angels took a 5-3 loss. Starter Carson Fulmer put up 4.0 innings and two earned runs.

As starter for Tuesday the Angels will send out Tyler Anderson. So far Anderson is 9-11 with a 3.30 ERA in 24 starts. Anderson is 59-60 with a 4.21 ERA in 198 career games (190 starts).

Kansas City Royals Betting Preview

Over on the Royals’ side, they did well against the Cincinnati Reds in their weekend series, notching a sweep over three games. On Monday the Royals scored twice in the seventh inning and held on for the win. Starter Seth Lugo put up 7.0 frames with two earned runs.

Starter for KC on Tuesday will be Cole Ragans. This year Ragans is 10-7 with a 3.18 ERA in 25 starts. Over 63 career games (46 starts) Ragans is 17-15 with a 3.53 ERA.

Total Runs Facts

• Eight of the last nine games between the Angels and Royals at Kauffman Stadium have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• Four of the Angels’ last five games as underdogs have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Angels’ last seven games as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last three games as favorites against AL West opponents.

Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts

• Salvador Perez has recorded a Double in each of the Royals’ last three night games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Salvador Perez has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Royals’ last four games against opponents that held a losing record.
• Salvador Perez has recorded at least one Single in each of the Royals’ last 10 games at Kauffman Stadium against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Royals’ last 12 games at Kauffman Stadium against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Royals’ last nine Tuesday night games at Kauffman Stadium.
• Salvador Perez has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 13 night games.
• Paul DeJong has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances against AL West opponents.
• Bobby Witt Jr. ranks 2nd amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.614) this season.

Los Angeles Angels Player Prop Facts

• Nolan Schanuel has recorded a Double in each of the Angels’ last three night games.
• Tyler Anderson has recorded a win in five of his last six appearances with the Angels as road underdogs.
• Zach Neto has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Angels’ last four road games against opponents that held a winning record.
• Tyler Anderson has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last four road appearances.
• Mike Trout has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 13 road appearances against the Royals.
• Mike Trout has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 road appearances against the Royals.
• Mike Trout has scored at least one run in each of his last six appearances against the Royals.
• Luis Rengifo has recorded at least one Single in each of his last eight Tuesday appearances with the Angels as underdogs.
• Zach Neto has hit a home run in three of the Angels’ last four road games against AL opponents.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Kansas City Royals rank 2nd in the league for strikeouts against this season (853).
• The Kansas City Royals rank 28th in the league for walks this season (327).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for RBI’s this season (462).
• The Los Angeles Angels rank 27th in the league for ERA this season (4.55).

Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction

I’ll try the Royals here. Ragans is on a nice run these days. Over his last three starts Ragans is 3-0 with just four earned runs in 19.0 combined innings. As for Anderson, he’s 1-2 in his last trio with 11 earned over 16.2 innings (seven earned in his last start).

On Monday the Royals had a couple of sketchy moments in the late innings but everything worked out in the end. Salvador Perez and Paul DeJong (four hits and five RBI between them) did most of the heavy lifting on offense. I like the Royals to keep it up in game two.