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2022 MLB Handicapping
(5-9) Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox (6-9)
Date: Tuesday, 4/26/2022
Time: 7:10 PM ET
Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago
Projected Pitchers: Daniel Lynch (KC) vs. Dallas Keuchel (CWS)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Royals +130 / White Sox -150
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: Royals +1.5 / White Sox -1.5
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 9
The Royals will visit the White Sox to kick off a 3 game series Tuesday night in Chicago. Both teams have an off day Monday and the bullpens should be fully rested.
On Tuesday we get to see a lefty vs lefty match-up with Daniel Lynch of the Royals and Dallas Keuchel of the White Sox.
Kansas City Royals
The Royals are coming off getting swept by the Mariners in Seattle over the weekend. On Sunday, Jesse Winker hit a walk off single in the 12th to finish off the sweep for the Mariners.
Daniel Lynch comes into this game with a 1-1 record and a ERA of 5.40. Lynch pitched well in his last start going 5 innings, giving up 4 hits and 0 earned runs. The ERA is still high because in his first start of the season he gave up 6 earned runs including 3 homeruns. Lynch currently ranks in the bottom third of pitchers in average exit velocity, hard hit percent and barrel percent.
The bad part for the Royals offense with Kuechel on the mound is they rank dead last in baseball in OBP vs lefties. The good news, is that Kuechel got roughed up in his last start. Salvador Perez is leading the Royals in homeruns with 5; he has hit 3 of those homers in last 6 games. In that same span, he has hit safely in 5/6 games.
Chicago White Sox
Like the Royals, the White Sox also got swept over the weekend against the Twins. Byron Buxton hit a 469 foot walk-off homer to complete the sweep on Sunday. They will look to bounce back having their next 7 games at home.
As a mention before, Dallas Keuchel got absolutely lit up by the Guardians in his last start. He only managed to complete one inning of work, giving up 10 hits and 7 earned runs. Tony La Russa seemed to keep Keuchel in a little too long trying to get some more innings out of him and the Guardians took advantage in the 2nd inning scoring 9 runs.
Keuchel in the 63rd percentile in average exit velocity and in the 75th percentile in hard hit percent. So even mixing in that terrible last start, Keuchel hasn’t really been getting hit hard when he is giving up contact.
This is a perfect matchup for the White Sox hitters. The White Sox rank 6th in OBP and 1st in batting average vs lefties this season. Those stats include 4 homers and 16 RBIs in 93 at-bats.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Under is 5-0 in Royals last 5 games following an off day.
- Under is 6-0 in Royals last 6 vs. American League Central.
- Under is 5-0 in Royals last 5 vs. a team with a losing record.
- Over is 4-0 in White Sox last 4 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- White Sox are 0-7 in their last 7 overall.
- White Sox are 0-6 in their last 6 games following a loss.
- White Sox are 0-4 in their last 4 games as a favorite.
- Royals are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
- Under is 16-5 in the last 21 meetings.
Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox MLB Prediction:
The clear advantage in this game is the White Sox hitting vs lefties. With the Royals being not great facing a lefty, I’m going to take the White Sox F5 ML in this ball game. I don’t think either pitcher is great, but I have more confidence in a bounce back for Keuchel at home.
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