Royals vs. Rays Odds & Betting Predictions - June 23, 2023

Royals at Rays

10:40 pm • BSSUN

Kansas City Royals

13-8

3 - 11

Tampa Bay Rays

8-9

pitcher		team	era	w-l
Z.Eflin			3.50	16-8
Z. Greinke			5.06	2-15

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 13-8	+1.5-104	o7.5+100	+205
Rays 8-9	-1.5-120	u7.5-120	-255

Friday 10:40 p.m.

June 23, 2023

Tropicana FieldSt. Petersburg

TB -1.5-120

Z.Eflin u5.5 Ks+130

Projecting closer to -110

Under 4.5 (F5)-140

J.Lowe o1.5 Hits+220

1.1u

Royals vs. Rays +427 Same-Game Parlay
Nick Shlain•
Jun 23, 2023 UTC
Opening Pitch: Zerillo's Friday MLB Betting Card
Sean Zerillo•
Jun 23, 2023 UTC
Opening Pitch: Zerillo's Friday MLB Betting Card
Sean Zerillo•
Jun 22, 2023 UTC

See more MLB Coverage

The Royals are just 21-54 (.280) this season -- 2nd lowest in MLB; League Avg: .500.

The Rays are 35-17 (.673) after a win this season -- 2nd best in MLB; League Avg: .523.

The Royals are just 5-15 (.250) after a win this season -- lowest in MLB; League Avg: .523.

83% of non-fastball strikeouts for Josh Lowe are located out of the zone this season -- seventh highest in MLB-- 96th Percentile. 79% of Zack Greinke non-fastball strikeouts are located out of the zone this season -- sixth highest among qualified SPs-- 92nd Percentile.

48% of fastball strikeouts for MJ Melendez are located out of the zone this season -- 11th highest in MLB-- 90th Percentile. 50% of Zach Eflin fastball strikeouts are located out of the zone this season -- tied for fourth highest among qualified SPs-- 94th Percentile.

Zach Eflin has allowed an average Exit Velocity of just 85.4 MPH against his fastballs since last season (223 balls in play) -- best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 94 total IP; League Avg: 90.5

Opponents have a miss rate of just 18% (107/582) against Zack Greinke this season -- 4th lowest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 26% -- fifth Percentile.

Zach Eflin has allowed an average Exit Velocity of just 75.2 MPH on pitches out of the zone since last season (95 balls in play) -- 5th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 94 total IP; League Avg: 80.6

No props found

MLB Public Betting

Rays are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Rays are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rays are 44-37 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Rays' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 36 of Rays' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rays	89-73	45-36	44-37	32-36	55-34
Royals	87-75	43-38	44-37	40-38	46-37

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rays	68-88-6	36-40-5	32-48-1	29-38-1	36-48-5
Royals	69-88-5	38-42-1	31-46-4	32-46	36-42-5

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rays	80-82	42-39	38-43	36-32	42-47
Royals	86-76	45-36	41-40	49-29	36-47

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jun 22nd	KC	L 5-6	-1.5 L	O 7.5	KC -330
Jun 21st	BAL	W 7-2	-1.5 W	O 7.5	TB -145
Jun 20th	BAL	L 6-8	-1.5 L	O 7.5	BAL -173
Jun 18th	@SD	L 4-5	+1.5 W	U 9	SD +126
Jun 17th	@SD	L 0-2	+1.5 L	U 8.5	SD -102

Ha-Seong Kim
IF
Kim is out with shoulder
Out

See more MLB Injuries

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RZ. Greinke, P	82	4.2	3	7
RJ.Cuas, P	16	0	0	1
RB.Kriske, P	23	2.1	3	0
RJ.Kowar, P	28	1	2	3

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1N.Pratto, 1B	1-5	1	1	1
2B.Witt, SS	2-3	1	0	0
2N. Eaton, PH	1-1	0	0	0
3S.Perez, C	1-3	1	1	2
3F.Fermin, C	0-2	0	0	0
4M.Melendez, RF	0-4	0	0	0
5M.Garcia, DH	1-3	0	0	0
6N.Lopez, 3B	0-3	0	0	0
6M.Duffy, PH	1-1	0	0	0
6M.Duffy, 3B	1-1	0	0	0
7S.Taylor, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
8D.Waters, CF	2-4	0	0	0
9D.Blanco, LF	1-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RZ.Eflin, P	98	6	7	3
RR.Stephenson, P	12	1	1	0
LJ.Diekman, P	16	1	3	0
RS.Armstrong, P	17	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Margot, RF	2-5	2	0	1
2R.Arozarena, LF	1-4	1	0	1
3J.Lowe, DH	3-5	1	0	0
4H.Ramirez, 1B	2-5	1	0	2
5I.Paredes, 3B	1-4	2	0	0
6T.Walls, SS	2-4	0	0	2
7C.Bethancourt, C	2-4	2	0	1
8J.Siri, CF	3-4	2	1	4
9V.Brujan, 2B	1-4	0	0	0