
Kansas City Royals
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Minnesota Twins
-120O/U: 8.5
(-110/-110)+100
(-110/-110)+100
Kansas City Royals Insights
- Noah Cameron – Over/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-130/+100)Contrary to popular belief, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Noah Cameron has relied on his secondary pitches 5.5% less often this year (68.1%) than he did last season (73.6%).Explain: Fastballs are the one easiest pitches to hit and generate few strikeouts, so a pitcher who begins to use his fastball more often will likely be less effective than he used to be.
- Bobby Witt Jr. – Over/Under 1.5 Hits (+155/-200)The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 3rd-best batter in the majors when assessing his batting average skill.Explain: THE BAT X is a highly sophisticated projection system that accounts for a multitude of factors and regularly tests among the most accurate systems available. Batting average is the most common measure of a player’s ability to generate hits.
- Bobby Witt Jr. – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (-125/-105)Today, Bobby Witt Jr. is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 10th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.5% rate (87th percentile).Explain: This player’s skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.
Minnesota Twins Insights
- Minnesota Twins – 1st Five Innings (F5) Moneyline (-115)In his previous start, Connor Prielipp turned in a great performance and conceded 2 ER.Explain: A pitcher who was strong in his last outing may be sharp once again in his next outing.
- Brooks Lee – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-240/+180)Brooks Lee has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (62% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.Explain: The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.
- Today’s version of the Twins projected batting order is weaker than usual, as their .299 the leading projection system (THE BAT X) wOBA is considerably below their .313 overall projected rate.Explain: Betting lines are often based on seasonal team quality. If today’s lineup is watered down, however, there may be value if markets aren’t accounting for the lower quality of this offense.
Betting Trends
- Minnesota Twins – Over/Under 3.5 Team Total (-140/+110)The Minnesota Twins have hit the Team Total Over in 30 of their last 50 games (+8.40 Units / 14% ROI)
- Kansas City Royals – Over/Under 2.5 1st Five Innings (F5) Team Total (+120/-155)The Kansas City Royals have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Team Total Under in 29 of their last 50 away games (+5.95 Units / 10% ROI)
- Austin Martin – Over/Under 1.5 Hits Runs and RBIs (-130/+100)Austin Martin has hit the Hits Runs and RBIs Under in 14 of his last 20 games (+6.55 Units / 27% ROI)
