{"id":421407,"date":"2026-06-25T00:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evanalytics.com\/articles\/uncategorized\/learn-about-royals-vs-rays-picks-and-betting-trends-thursday-june-25-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:47:02","slug":"learn-about-royals-vs-rays-picks-and-betting-trends-thursday-june-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanalytics.com\/articles\/mlb-game-previews\/learn-about-royals-vs-rays-picks-and-betting-trends-thursday-june-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About Royals vs Rays Picks and Betting Trends &#8211; Thursday June 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eva_article_wrap\">\n<div class=\"eva_team_logos\">\n<div class=\"eva_away_team\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evanalytics.com\/images\/mlb\/KC.png\" alt=\"Kansas City Royals logo\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Kansas City Royals<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eva_matchup_symbol\">@<\/div>\n<div class=\"eva_home_team\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evanalytics.com\/images\/mlb\/TB.png\" alt=\"Tampa Bay Rays logo\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Tampa Bay Rays<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eva_odds\"><span>+120<\/span><span>O\/U: 8.5<br \/>(-110\/-110)<\/span><span>-140<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 3rem 0 0 0;\">Kansas City Royals Insights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Seth Lugo &#8211; Over\/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-110\/-120)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Seth Lugo has averaged 93.3 adjusted pitches per start this year, placing in the 84th percentile.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> Pitchers who average more pitches per game are more likely to go deeper into games and record more outs.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Nick Loftin &#8211; Over\/Under 0.5 Hits (-210\/+160)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Nick Loftin is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 85% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> 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.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Michael Massey &#8211; Over\/Under Total Bases<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Michael Massey pulls many of his flyballs (37.4% \u2014 93rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he&#8217;ll be hitting them towards the league&#8217;s 5th-shallowest RF fences in today&#8217;s game.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> This player&#8217;s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he&#8217;s in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 3rem 0 0 0;\">Tampa Bay Rays Insights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Ian Seymour &#8211; Over\/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-145\/+110)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">It may come as a surprise, but fastballs are generally a pitcher&#8217;s least effective pitch.  Ian Seymour must realize this, because he has used his off-speed and breaking balls a lot since the start of last season: 63.9% of the time, checking in at the 85th percentile.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> A pitcher who limits has fastball usage will instead heavily use change-ups, curveballs, sliders, etc. These are far more effective pitches at preventing runs and generating strikeouts.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Junior Caminero &#8211; Over\/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+105\/-135)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Junior Caminero has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 93-mph to 97.4-mph in the last 14 days.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">The Tampa Bay Rays have been the 2nd-luckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse in future games<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> When teams overperform their projected talent level, markets may overvalue them even while they are likely to perform worse in the near future.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<form><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-page-group\" name=\"ga-page-group\" value=\"GAME PREVIEW\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-sport\" name=\"ga-sport\" \"value=\"mlb\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-id\" name=\"ga-title-id\"value=\"2.7.2\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-group\" name=\"ga-title-group\" value=\"BETTING\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-cta\" name=\"ga-title-cta\" value=\"1\"><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays +120O\/U: 8.5(-110\/-110)-140 Kansas City Royals Insights Seth Lugo &#8211; Over\/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-110\/-120) Seth Lugo has averaged 93.3 adjusted pitches per start&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[283,286,287,289,288,284,285,1019,5,552,73,936,282,281,88,25],"class_list":["post-421407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-game-previews","tag-bets","tag-betting-guide","tag-betting-line","tag-betting-odds","tag-betting-tips","tag-betting-trends","tag-expert-picks","tag-ian-seymour","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-michael-massey","tag-mlb","tag-nick-loftin","tag-odds","tag-picks","tag-seth-lugo","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Learn About Royals vs Rays Picks and Betting Trends - Thursday June 25, 2026 - WriteNow\u2122 by EV Analytics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore our expert betting tips and picks for Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays on June 25, 2026. 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