Astros vs Royals Baseball Picks
Houston is not very good so splitting their last 10 games is progress. They enter this series with the struggling Royals with a little momentum thanks to back to back wins over the weekend including an offensive explosion on Saturday night thanks to 2 home runs by future star George Springer.
Houston Astros (19-32) vs. Kansas City Royals (24-25)
Monday May 26
Kaufmann Stadium – Kansas City, MO
8:10PM
Probable Pitchers
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HOU: Scott Feldman (R)
KC: Yordano Ventura (R)
Moneyline: Kansas City -153, Houston +141
Total: 7
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Houston
Springer’s overall numbers do not jump out at you but he has been on fire the past week with hits in his last 7 games including 4 of his 6 homers. Most importantly he is not striking out as much.
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We should all feel proud of ourselves for knowing that Scott Feldman’s early season mastery wouldn’t last. Since coming off a short DL stint he has has just one quality start in three. Further, in one start against the Royals this season he was hit pretty hard, giving up 9 hits over just 6IP in a loss. The Royals lineup may be struggling but several have hit Feldman well in the past – Alex Gordon .381
Kansas City
The Royals are stuck in neutral these days as Detroit keeps looking better and better.
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They lost their weekend set against the Angels and have won only 4 of their last 10. Over the weekend it was the same old story with the offense not giving the pitching staff any rope to play with. They have sent Mike Moustakas down to AAA but opening up a spot for Jimmy Paredes, who is really more of an outfielder, to play third isn’t very exciting.
This is a guy Houston had already given up on.
There will always be questions about Yordano Ventura’s future thanks to his small frame but it is hard to argue with the present. He is just 2-4 but his peripherals are all very strong, especially his walk rate given his inexperience and explosive arsenal.
He got his very first win of the season against the Astros in a sharp performance where the only blemish was a Carlos Corporan home run.
Total prediction: Under
Score prediction: Kansas City 5 – Houston 1
The Royals have not won any of Ventura’s may starts but I think that is going to change on Monday night against Houston. He has been putting up quality starts almost every time and just not getting the support.
The value is not tremendous so maybe look to parlay with Toronto or something similar.
