Royals vs. Yankees Odds & Betting Predictions - July 21, 2023

Royals at Yankees

11:05 pm • YES

Kansas City Royals

3-2

4 - 5

New York Yankees

5-1

pitcher		team	era	w-l
C.Schmidt			4.64	9-9
A.Marsh			5.69	3-9

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 3-2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yankees 5-1	N/A	N/A	N/A

Friday 11:05 p.m.

July 21, 2023

Yankee StadiumBronx

Over 8.5-112

0.5u

Bet to -120 or 9 (-101)

C.Schmidt u17.5 Outs-111

0.23u

Under 9-105

1.05u

Marsh does have some upside & Schmidt (4.08 SIERA/4.17 xERA) Lg avg - NYY 97/91 wRC+ Hm/v RHP, KCR 74/77 (both < 85 wRC+ since break) - both teams have strong defenses & Yankee Stadium is not actually a positive run environment.

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The Royals are just 1-6 (.143) when tied entering the 8th inning this season -- lowest in MLB; League Avg: .500.

Anthony Volpe is slugging just .233 on non-fastballs this season -- second worst in MLB-- first Percentile. Scott Barlow has thrown off-speed pitches 74% of the time this season -- fourth highest among qualified RPs-- 98th Percentile.

Harrison Bader is slugging just .263 on breaking pitches since last season -- 11th worst among hitters with at least 385 total PA's-- fourth Percentile. Scott Barlow has thrown a breaking pitch 75% of the time since last season -- highest among qualified RPs-- 100th Percentile.

Opponents had a groundball rate of just 25% (3/12) against Alec Marsh -- tied for 8th lowest in MLB over the last week; League Avg: 44% -- ninth Percentile.

Alec Marsh has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 44% (7/16) of opposing batters over the past seven days (1 games) -- 3rd lowest in AL over the last week; League Avg: 66% -- sixth Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Yankees are 5-1 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Yankees' last 5 games

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Yankees	5-1	N/A	5-1	4-1	1-0
Royals	3-2	2-0	1-2	1-0	2-2

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Yankees	1-4-1	N/A	1-4-1	0-4-1	1-0
Royals	1-4	1-1	0-3	0-1	1-3

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Yankees	5-1	N/A	5-1	4-1	1-0
Royals	3-2	2-0	1-2	1-0	2-2

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jul 19th	@LAA	L 3-7	-	-	-
Jul 19th	@LAA	L 1-5	-	-	-
Jul 18th	@LAA	L 3-4	-	-	-
Jul 16th	@COL	L 7-8	-	-	-
Jul 16th	@COL	W 6-3	-	-	-

Carlos Rodon
SP
Rodon is out with elbow
Out
Gerrit Cole
SP
Cole is out with elbow
Out
Clarke Schmidt
SP
Schmidt is out with elbow
Out
Anthony Volpe
SS
Volpe is out with shoulder
Out

Michael Massey
2B
Massey is out with calf
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RA.Marsh, P	97	5.1	3	5
RT.Clarke, P	11	1.2	2	0
RJ.Heasley, P	17	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	2-5	1	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	0-5	0	0	0
3S.Perez, C	0-4	0	0	0
4M.Melendez, RF	1-3	1	0	0
5M.Massey, 2B	2-4	2	2	4
6E.Olivares, LF	0-3	0	0	0
7N.Pratto, 1B	1-4	0	0	0
8D.Waters, DH	1-4	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	2-4	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RC.Schmidt, P	64	5.2	2	3
LW.Peralta, P	13	0.2	0	0
RM.King, P	11	0.2	1	0
RT.Kahnle, P	12	1	1	1
RC.Holmes, P	15	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1O.Peraza, 2B	0-3	0	0	0
2A.Rizzo, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
3G.Torres, DH	1-4	1	1	1
4G.Stanton, RF	0-4	0	0	0
4O.Cabrera, RF	0-0	0	0	0
5F. Cordero, LF	1-4	1	1	1
5I.Kiner-Falefa, LF	0-0	0	0	0
6D.LeMahieu, 3B	1-3	1	0	0
7A.Volpe, SS	1-2	1	0	0
8B.McKinney, CF	1-2	1	1	3
9K.Higashioka, C	0-3	0	0	0