Royals vs. Mets odds, tips and betting trends

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03 August 2023

Royals vs. Mets odds, tips and betting trends

At Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, the Kansas City Royals (five consecutive wins) meet the New York Mets at 2:10 PM ET.

Oddsmakers project the Royals as a tight favorite (-119 to win on the moneyline) against the Mets (-101). The Kansas City Royals will give the start to Brady Singer (6-8, 5.46 ERA), who is looking for win No. 7 on the season, and the Mets will turn to Carlos Carrasco (3-5, 6.40 ERA).

These squads play again following the Royals’ 4-0 victory over the Mets yesterday. Cole Ragans (6.0 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 8 K) registered the win for the Royals. Drew Waters went 1-for-3 with a home run and an RBI to lead the team on offense. Kodai Senga (5.2 IP, 3 R, 11 H, 6 K) was credited with the loss on the mound for the Mets.

Ahead of this Royals vs. Mets matchup, here’s what you need to prepare for Thursday’s MLB action, including viewing options.

Kansas City Royals vs. New York Mets Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 3:29 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Royals (-119, bet $119 to win $100)
Underdog: Mets (-101, bet $101 to win $100)
Over/under: 9

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Royals Stats and Trends

Royals Betting Records

The Royals have entered the game as favorites 13 times this season and won three, or 23.1%, of those games.
Kansas City has a record of 1-5 when favored by -119 or more by oddsmakers this season.
The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 54.3% chance of a victory for the Royals.
Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 108 games with a total this season.
The Royals have an ATS record of 46-62-0 in 108 games with a spread this season.

Brady Singer (Royals Probable Starter)

The Royals will send Singer (6-8) out for his 22nd start of the season. He is 6-8 with a 5.46 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 113 2/3 innings pitched.
The right-hander’s most recent time out was on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins, when he went five innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing four hits.
The 26-year-old has a 5.46 ERA and 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 21 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .284 to his opponents.
Singer is trying to secure his seventh quality start of the year in this matchup.
Singer will look to continue a nine-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.4 frames per appearance).
He has had two appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
He will match up with a Mets squad that is batting .238 as a unit (21st in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .402 (19th in MLB) with 135 total home runs (11th in MLB).
The 26-year-old ranks 58th in ERA (5.46), 57th in WHIP (1.460), and 45th in K/9 (7.9) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.

Royals Batting Stats

The Royals rank 28th in Major League Baseball with just 98 home runs as a team.
Hitters for Kansas City have combined to rank 26th in MLB with a team slugging percentage of just .382 this season.
The Royals have a team batting average of .237 this season, which ranks 22nd among MLB teams.
Kansas City is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 29th with just 414 total runs (3.8 per game) this season.
The Royals have an on-base percentage of .296 this season, which ranks 29th in the league.
Kansas City ranks 19th with an average of 8.8 strikeouts per game.

Mets Stats and Trends

Mets Betting Records

The Mets have been underdogs in 35 games this season and have come away with the win 10 times (28.6%) in those contests.
New York has a win-loss record of 5-20 when favored by -101 or worse by bookmakers this year.
The Mets have an implied victory probability of 50.2% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Contests with New York has gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 43 of 105 chances this season.
In 105 games with a line this season, the Mets have a mark of 42-63-0 against the spread.

Carlos Carrasco (Mets Probable Starter)

Carrasco (3-5 with a 6.40 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Mets, his 16th of the season.
In his last outing on Saturday against the Washington Nationals, the righty tossed 2 1/3 innings, allowing six earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
The 36-year-old has an ERA of 6.40, with 6.7 strikeouts per nine innings in 15 games this season. Opponents are batting .295 against him.
Carrasco enters the matchup with three quality starts under his belt this season.
Carrasco will try to collect his eighth outing of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 4.7 innings per appearance.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in one of his 15 appearances this season.
The opposing Royals offense has a collective .237 batting average, and is 23rd in the league with 862 total hits and 29th in MLB action with 414 runs scored. They have the 26th-ranked slugging percentage (.382) and are 28th in all of MLB with 98 home runs.