Royals Vs Rays: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – July 23, 2022

The Kansas City Royals aim to end their four-game losing streak when they play the Tampa Bay Rays (52-41) on Saturday at 7:10 PM ET. Brady Singer starts for Kansas City (-109 to win) while Tampa Bay (-109) will counter with Luis Patino.

The betting trends in what follows reference odds valid as of July 23, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET.

Get a $1,000 Risk-Free Bet at BetMGM today! Sign up here and use Bonus Code: PLAYBONUS

Royals vs Rays Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Royals Probable Starter Brady Singer

• Singer makes the start for the Royals, his 12th of the season. He is 4-3 with a 4.14 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 71 2/3 innings pitched.
• The right-hander last appeared on Wednesday, July 13 against the Detroit Tigers, when he threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up seven hits.
• The 25-year-old has an ERA of 4.14, with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in 14 games this season. Opponents are batting .261 against him.
• Singer is trying to register his third straight quality start in this game.
• He will face a Rays offense that ranks 20th in the league with 395 runs while batting .240 as a squad. It has a collective .383 slugging percentage (20th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 86 home runs (22nd in MLB).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 23, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Rays Stats vs Singer

Rays Probable Starter Luis Patiño

• Patino will get the start for the Rays, his third of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Friday, July 15 against the Baltimore Orioles, throwing 3 2/3 innings and giving up two earned runs.
• He has pitched to a 6.75 ERA this season with 0 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.3 walks per nine across two games.
• The Royals rank 27th in MLB with 362 runs scored this season. They have a .244 batting average this campaign with 76 home runs (26th in the league).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 23, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Royals Stats vs Patiño

Royals Betting Trends

• The Royals have won 50% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (9-9).
• Kansas City has gone 11-9 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -109 or shorter (55%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 52.2%.
• Kansas City has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 93 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 46 of those games (46-43-4).
• The Royals are 42-51-0 against the spread this season.

Rays Betting Trends

• The Rays have won 13, or 43.3%, of the 30 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 13-16 in games where bookmakers have them as underogs of at least -109 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 52.2% chance to win.
• Games involving Tampa Bay have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 46 of 93 chances this season.
• The Rays are 43-50-0 against the spread this season.

Royals Players to Watch

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .251 with 18 doubles, five triples, 13 home runs and 20 walks.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB play, Witt ranks 82nd in batting average, 130th in on-base percentage, and 58th in slugging.
• Andrew Benintendi has a .389 on-base percentage while slugging .402. Both lead his team. He has 14 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 38 walks while hitting .319.
• Among qualified hitters, Benintendi’s batting average ranks fifth, his on-base percentage ranks 11th, and he is 98th in the league in slugging.
• Benintendi brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with a double, a walk and four RBI.
• Whit Merrifield is hitting .234 with 18 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 28 walks.
• Hunter Dozier’s 77 hits pace his team. He has 19 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 23 walks while hitting .269.
• Dozier brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and two RBI.

Royals Batting Stats (2022)

Rays Players to Watch

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay with an OBP of .409 this season while batting .295 with 51 walks and 40 runs scored.
• Of all the qualified hitters in the majors, Diaz is 25th in batting average, third in on-base percentage and 109th in slugging percentage.
• Randy Arozarena leads Tampa Bay with 87 hits and a team-best slugging percentage of .429.
• Arozarena is 79th in batting average, 101st in on-base percentage and 69th in slugging percentage in the majors.
• Ji-Man Choi is batting .271 with a .439 slugging percentage and 41 RBI this year.
• Isaac Paredes has 13 home runs, 28 RBI and a batting average of .222 this season.

Rays Batting Stats (2022)

Royals vs Rays Player Props

Powered By Data Skrive using data from