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2022 MLB Handicapping
(40-40) Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals (30-51)
Date: Friday, July 8th, 2022
Time: 8:10 PM ET
Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Projected Pitchers: Aaron Civale (CLE) vs. Brady Singer (KC)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Guardians -105 / Royals -115
MLB run line Betting Odds: Guardians +1.5 (-220) / Royals -1.5 (+180)
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U: 8.5
The Guardians will be in Kansas City to start a series with the Royals on Friday night.
At the moment, KC is a small favorite at home with a total of 8.5.
Aaron Civale and Brady Singer are the starters in this one.
Cleveland Guardians
To me, there really have not been a ton of surprises with the Guardians this season. I feel like they have pretty much played like people thought they would to this point.
This is a team that does do some things well, but they also have a lot of areas in which they need to improve. Because of this, they will have some success, but being able to go above and beyond is much more difficult and really is not reasonable for them at the moment.
One thing that has been very clear with Cleveland this season is they do not do well against teams that are better than them. For the most part, they have been able to take care of teams that are below them or similar to them but do not always rise to the occasion against some of the top dogs.
At just around the halfway mark for this team, I view them as the typical middling team. They are not so bad to the point where they are in the basement but I also do not seem doing anything that stands off the page, either.
Really, their record of 40-40 is very telling because they quite literally trade wins and losses. It would not surprise me if they are around an 82 or 83-win team when the season is over.
What happened in their last series was quite bad and frankly, it was inexcusable. The Tigers are not a team that is better than the Guardians, but they beat them in all 4 games and 3 of the contests were not very close. The pitching did not do its job at all in those games and the offense was nonexistent for a good part of it.
The Tribe would like to hope this series with the Royals is a better one, but it is hard to guarantee that one. They thought they would get right against Detroit and we saw what happened there.
Getting the ball on Friday is Aaron Civale and he has not looked too good. I get that part of it could be injury-related, but he does not look like the same guy he was before and I am curious if he will ever get back to his old form.
Kansas City Royals
Once again, there is still a lot of baseball to be played and the Royals are out of it. Really, they have been out of contention for some time.
There are certain teams that just do not appear to be headed in a good direction and they are one of them. It is hard to think of anything positive with this group at the present time.
2022 is really more of the same for the Royals. A lot of the issues that have plagued them this season are ones that have plagued them in the past. The common theme in all of it is they do not do a whole helluva lot to fix it, which is why you see them have repeated years of being a bottom feeder.
Their offense is ok, but it is nothing to write home about and it certainly is not a unit they can lean on. Besides a few decent hitters, there are not a ton of people that really stand out on that side of the field.
As usual, the pitching is once again dreadful. Neither the bullpen nor rotation is reliable and when they face off with teams that even have a decent offense, they will often get exposed by the said team.
Even with their poor record and dismal play, this is a team that trails the Twins by 15 games. Look, I am not saying that amount of games is small, but it does show how weak the Central is. If they were in a more competitive division, they would be 35+ games behind some 1st place clubs.
Kansas City is coming off a series loss to the Astros in which they dropped 3 of 4 games to Houston. The offense did surprise me a bit in that series with the runs they scored, but the pitching once again held them back, as they allowed a total of 25 runs.
Starting on Friday, things will not be easy for them when they host Cleveland. I know they are coming off of a terrible series with the Tigers, but their opponent is still a lot better than them and it will make for a challenging series. Brady Singer gets the ball here and he has been effective at times, but he still has been too inconsistent for him to really be trusted.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- The Guardians are 5-1 in their last 6 games following an off day.
- The Guardians are 4-1 in their last 5 Friday games.
- The Royals are 4-10 in their last 14 vs. the AL Central.
- The Royals are 3-8 in their last 11 games when their opponent scores 2 runs or less in their previous game.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Prediction:
The Guardians could not have played any worse in their last series and this is one they must bounce back in. Even with their average play this season, they are still playing meaningful games, so they cannot slip up here.
Neither one of these starters has been great, but I do trust the offense for Cleveland more in this spot to get the job done.
Once the game gets into the hands of the bullpen, I feel more confident in the Tribe.
Give me Cleveland as a small underdog on the road.
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