Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 8/21/2025 Today’s MLB Picks

The Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals meet Thursday in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction. This article will include a Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Pick.

Texas Rangers Betting Preview

The Texas Rangers are 63-65 on the year and play the Guardians, Angels, and Athletics next. The Texas Rangers are batting .233 on the season, have a .302 OBP, and a .378 slugging percentage. The Texas Rangers pitching staff has a 3.46 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. Marcus Semien leads the Texas Rangers with 118 hits and 62 RBI, while Josh Smith and Adolis Garcia have combined for 203 hits and 94 RBI. 

Patrick Corbin gets the ball for the Texas Rangers, and he is 6-9 with a 4.45 ERA and 99 strikeouts this season. Corbin is 1-1 with a 4.78 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his career against the Kansas City Royals.

Kansas City Royals Betting Preview

The Kansas City Royals are 65-62 on the year and play the Tigers, White Sox, and Tigers next. The Kansas City Royals are batting .246 on the season, have a .306 OBP, and a .392 slugging percentage. The Kansas City Royals pitching staff has a 3.58 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Kansas City Royals with 144 hits and 69 RBI while Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino have combined for 265 hits and 142 RBI.

Michael Lorenzen gets the ball for the Kansas City Royals, and he is 5-8 with a 4.43 ERA and 88 strikeouts this season. Lorenzen is 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA and 9 strikeouts in his career against the Texas Rangers.

Why the Kansas City Royals will win

The Royals have won each of their last nine Thursday day games against teams that held a losing record.
The Rangers have lost each of their last five road games following a win.
The Royals have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 games following a loss.
The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in five of their last six day games against AL Central opponents.
The Rangers have trailed after 3 innings in five of their last six games as underdogs against AL Central opponents.
The Rangers have trailed after 5 innings in five of their last six games as underdogs.
The Rangers have lost the first inning in three of their last four games at Kauffman Stadium against American League opponents that held a winning record.

Why the Texas Rangers will win

The Royals have lost eight of their last nine games as home favorites against AL West opponents following a home loss.
The Rangers have won five of their last six games as underdogs against the Royals following a road win.
The Rangers have covered the run line in each of their last eight games as road underdogs against the Royals following a road win.
The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six day games against AL West opponents following a loss.
The Rangers have led after 3 innings in 10 of their last 12 day games against opponents that held a winning record.
The Rangers have led after 5 innings in six of their last eight day games against AL Central opponents.

Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts

Vinnie Pasquantino has hit a home run in each of the Royals’ last four games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
Michael Lorenzen has recorded four or more strikeouts in each of his last eight home appearances against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last eight games against the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium.
Bobby Witt Jr. ranks 5th in the league in Steals (32) this season.

Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts

Wyatt Langford has hit a home run in two of the Rangers’ last three games as underdogs.
Patrick Corbin has recorded six strikeouts in five of his last six road appearances against AL opponents.
Marcus Semien has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances with the Rangers as road underdogs against AL opponents.

Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction

The Rangers haven’t won two straight games since August 5 and Corbin has gone back to being Corbin. While having success this season, Corbin has allowed 18 hits and 13 runs in his last 9.2 innings. In 62.2 road innings, Corbin has a 5.17 ERA and .278 allowed batting average. The Royals have played winning ball over the last two weeks, and Lorenzen has allowed 11 hits and three runs in his last 15.2 innings. Lorenzen has a 3.40 ERA in 39.2 home innings. Give me the Royals on Thursday afternoon.