Guardians Vs Royals: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – May 30, 2022

The Cleveland Guardians (19-24) host the Kansas City Royals (16-30) in AL Central action on Monday at 6:10 PM ET. Zach Plesac starts for Cleveland (-156 to win) while Kansas City (+133) will counter with Jonathan Heasley.

The betting trends in this article reference odds valid as of May 30, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET.

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Guardians vs Royals Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Guardians Probable Starter Zach Plesac

• Plesac (1-4 with a 5.19 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 43 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Guardians, his ninth of the season.
• In his last appearance on Wednesday, the righty went 4 2/3 innings against the Houston Astros, giving up six earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
• The 27-year-old has amassed an ERA of 5.19, with 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in eight games this season.
• Plesac is trying to pick up his third quality start of the season in this outing.
• The opposing Royals offense has the 24th-ranked slugging percentage (.363) and is 27th in MLB play with 34 home runs. It has a collective .237 batting average, and is 15th in MLB with 370 total hits and 26th in MLB play scoring 176 runs.
• The 27-year-old ranks 57th in ERA (5.19), 58th in WHIP (1.431), and 58th in K/9 (5.8) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 30, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Royals Stats vs Plesac

Royals Probable Starter Jonathan Heasley

• Jon Heasley (0-2) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his fourth start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw 5 2/3 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, giving up three earned runs while allowing four hits.
• The 25-year-old has pitched in three games this season with an ERA of 4.73 and 4.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Guardians rank 19th in MLB with 193 runs scored this season. They have a .242 batting average this campaign with 37 home runs (24th in the league).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 30, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Guardians Stats vs Heasley

Guardians Betting Trends

• The Guardians have won 57.1% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (8-6).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -156 or shorter, Cleveland has gone 1-3 (25%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Guardians have an implied win probability of 60.9%.
• Cleveland has played in 43 games with set over/under, and has combined with opponents to go over the total 22 times (22-20-1).
• The Guardians have put together a 22-21-0 record ATS this season.

Royals Betting Trends

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 39 times this season and won 13, or 33.3%, of those games.
• Kansas City has a record of 4-12 in games where bookmakers have them as underogs of at least +133 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 42.9%.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 25 of their 46 chances.
• The Royals are 20-26-0 ATS in their 46 games with a spread this season.

Guardians Players to Watch

• Jose Ramirez has put up an on-base percentage of .388, a slugging percentage of .634, and has 47 hits, all club-bests for the Guardians. He’s hitting .292 with 11 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 25 walks.
• Among the qualified batters in baseball, Ramirez’s batting average ranks 25th, his on-base percentage ranks 13th, and he is third in the league in slugging.
• Myles Straw is hitting .236 with nine doubles, a triple and 25 walks.
• Straw currently ranks 108th in batting average, 57th in on base percentage, and 153rd in slugging among qualified hitters.
• Owen Miller is batting .280 with 12 doubles, four home runs and 12 walks.
• Steven Kwan is hitting .242 with six doubles, a triple, a home run and 18 walks.

Guardians Batting Stats (2022)

Royals Players to Watch

• Andrew Benintendi leads Kansas City in OBP (.398), slugging percentage (.423) and OPS (.821) this season.
• Among all the qualifying batters in the majors, Benintendi is ninth in batting average, ninth in on-base percentage, and 64th in slugging percentage.
• Bobby Witt Jr. is slugging .456 while driving in 24 runs and batting .240 this season.
• Witt ranks 99th in batting average, 146th in on-base percentage and 41st in slugging percentage in MLB.
• Whit Merrifield has 40 hits this season and has a slash line of .212/.252/.307.
• Hunter Dozier leads Kansas City in total hits (46) this season while batting .288 with 17 extra-base hits.

Royals Batting Stats (2022)

Guardians vs Royals Player Props

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