Orioles Vs Royals: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – June 10, 2022

The Baltimore Orioles (24-34) visit the Kansas City Royals (19-37) on Friday at Kauffman Stadium, beginning at 8:10 PM ET. Baltimore’s (-114 to win) Bruce Zimmermann and Kansas City’s (-105) Jonathan Heasley pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

The betting facts in the article below are based off odds valid as of June 10, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET.

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Orioles vs Royals Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Orioles Probable Starter Bruce Zimmermann

• Zimmermann makes the start for the Orioles, his 12th of the season. He is 2-4 with a 4.87 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 57 1/3 innings pitched.
• The left-hander’s most recent time out was on Friday, June 3 against the Cleveland Guardians, when he threw 5 2/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing 10 hits.
• The 27-year-old has a 4.87 ERA and 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings across 11 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .292 to his opponents.
• Zimmermann has three quality starts under his belt this season.
• He will face a Royals offense that ranks 26th in the league with 210 runs while batting .237 as a unit. It has a collective .362 slugging percentage (25th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 40 home runs (28th in MLB).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 10, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Royals Stats vs Zimmermann

Royals Probable Starter Jonathan Heasley

• Jon Heasley (0-3) will take the mound for the Royals, his sixth start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in 6 2/3 innings against the Houston Astros.
• The 25-year-old has an ERA of 4.62 and 5.3 strikeouts per nine innings with an opponent batting average of .258 in five games this season.
• He’s going for his third quality start in a row.
• The Orioles rank 25th in MLB with 229 runs scored this season. They have a .229 batting average this campaign with 56 home runs (16th in the league).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 10, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Orioles Stats vs Heasley

Orioles Betting Trends

• The Orioles have been listed as the moneyline favorite just two other times so far this season, and they won both of the games.
• Baltimore has played as a moneyline favorite of -114 or shorter in only two games this season, which they won both.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Orioles have an implied win probability of 53.3%.
• Baltimore has had an over/under set by bookmakers 58 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 27 of those games (27-30-1).
• The Orioles have a 34-24-0 record against the spread this season.

Royals Betting Trends

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 48 times and won 15, or 31.2%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered 45 games this season as the underdog by -105 or more and is 13-32 in those contests.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 51.2% chance to win.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 30 of their 56 opportunities.
• The Royals are 23-33-0 against the spread this season.

Orioles Players to Watch

• Austin Hays is leading the Orioles with 59 hits, while batting .295 with 13 doubles, seven home runs and 18 walks.
• Hays ranks 20th in batting average, 36th in on base percentage, and 34th in slugging among qualifying hitters in MLB action.
• Trey Mancini has a .379 OBP while slugging .446. Both are team-highs. He has nine doubles, a triple, six home runs and 22 walks while hitting .304.
• Mancini’s batting average ranks 16th among qualified players, his on-base percentage ranks 17th, and he is 45th in the league in slugging.
• Cedric Mullins is batting .240 with 14 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 15 walks.
• Anthony Santander is batting .230 with six doubles, nine home runs and 28 walks.

Orioles Batting Stats (2022)

Royals Players to Watch

• Whit Merrifield has been key for Kansas City with three home runs, 25 RBI and a batting average of .225 this season.
• Of all the qualified hitters in MLB, Merrifield is 124th in batting average, 155th in on-base percentage and 147th in slugging percentage.
• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .227 with a .425 slugging percentage and 29 RBI this year.
• Among all qualified hitters, Witt’s batting average places him 120th, his on-base percentage ranks 147th, and he is 65th in slugging.
• Andrew Benintendi is slashing .312/.378/.405 this season and leads the Royals with an OPS of .783.
• Hunter Dozier leads Kansas City with 48 hits, batting .262 this season with 18 extra-base hits.

Royals Batting Stats (2022)

Orioles vs Royals Player Props

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