Royals vs Twins Series Odds: Pitching Will Take Over
Minnesota's Pitching Gets Better With Zebby Matthews

The AL Central has been super competitive this season. While the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals don’t lead the division, one big week could change everything. The Twins are now slotted into the final AL Wild Card spot despite losing their last two games. On the other hand, the Royals are out of the Wild Card by .5 games but won their previous game.
If the Royals want to be in playoff position, they need to win the early week series against the Twins. But how easy will that be?

The Twins are currently -160 on the moneyline, with the total sitting at 8.5 after opening at 8. However, the Under is juiced at -120.
Oddsmakers don’t necessarily think the Royals will get ahead of the Twins in tonight’s game.
Let’s take a closer look at the Royals vs Twins series odds for this week’s massive AL Central matchup.
Twins vs Royals 
Records: Minnesota Twins (65-52), Kansas City Royals (65-53)
Day/Time:
Location: Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Stream: Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports North
Should Bobby Witt Jr. Win AL MVP?
The Kansas City Royals were never expected to be in any playoff race. Yet, Bobby Witt Jr. and the rest of the roster have produced well enough to be considered.
Last week, Witt Jr. completed a stretch with 11+ triples, 20+ home runs, 25+ steals, and 30+ doubles. He’s only the fifth player in American League history to earn such a feat. However, there’s still a month and a half to play.
Witt Jr. will be considered to win the AL MVP this year. However, with Aaron Judge smashing home runs left and right, it’ll be difficult for Witt Jr. to win.
Meanwhile, Witt Jr.’s teammate, Seth Lugo, was in consideration for AL Cy Young, but the Cy Young odds prove that he’ll likely miss out on that award as well.
Zebby Matthews Got The Call
At the start of the season, most people never heard of the name Zebby Matthews.
But Matthews, a Twins prospect, has risen in the prospect list and will now get the call to start against the Royals later this week.
Matthews has 114 strikeouts and just seven walks in 97 innings pitched. He has excellent command and has allowed just a 3.06 ERA in all three levels of the minors this season.
If Matthews succeeds this week, the Twins could easily rise in the MLB standings before the season ends.
Royals vs Twins Series Odds For Game 1:
RL: Twins -1.5 (+140) ML: Twins -160, O/U: 8.5 +100/-120
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Royals vs Twins Series Preview
âš¾ Game 1 âš¾
- Monday, 7:40 pm ET
- Brady Singer vs. Pablo Lopez
The Kansas City Royals will send out Brady Singer for tonight’s contest. He’s a righty who has held his last 121 opponents to a .106 ISO and wOBA of .307. Singer has struggled against lefties over the previous month, where he’s allowed a .175 ISO and wOBA of .403.
However, Singer has also induced 47.1% of ground balls against lefties and has allowed just 15.7% of fly balls with only 5.9% of walks. If he continues putting up these numbers against lefties, luck will return to his side. In addition, Singer has dominated righties, holding them to a .020 ISO and wOBA of .184 over the last month.
He’ll take on a Twins lineup with some lefties that have hit well against righties. Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner would be the threats. But other than that, no lefty has recently been super consistent and red-hot against right-handed pitching.
On the flip side, Pablo Lopez will take the mound. Lopez is a right-hander who has held his last 99 batters to a .122 ISO and wOBA of .276. Lopez has struggled more against lefties over the previous month. However, he’s issued 25% of strikeouts against righties and has kept walks to 7.1% over the last 30 days.
His high flyball rate allowed him to righties, which is one of the main reasons for his lack of success. However, the Royals haven’t even hit hard contact over 50% as a projected lineup over the last month against righties.
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âš¾ Game 2 âš¾
- Tuesday, 7:40 pm ET
- Seth Lugo vs. Zebby Matthews
The Royals will roll with Seth Lugo in Game 2. Lugo has held his last 135 batters to a .128 ISO and wOBA of .277. He’s dominated righties but has had a couple of hiccups against lefties. Ultimately, Lugo has struck out only 12.2% of lefties over the last month.
The Twins will counter with top prospect Zebby Matthews. Matthews is in line to make his MLB debut, so there are no stats to break down at the major league level.
But he’s said to have great command. Matthews rarely walks hitters and has added a ton of strikeouts throughout all three levels in the minors this season.
He’s also ranked the No. 6 prospect in the Twins’ system and reached no. 100 in the entire MLB prospect list.
This will be the toughest challenge of his career, but he’s rapidly moved up the Twins’ system and, despite all the movement, has dominated at every level.
We’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and select the Under for Game 2 of this series when the Royals vs Twins series odds release.
âš¾ Game 3 âš¾
- Wednesday, 1:10 pm ET
- Cole Ragans vs. TBD
Although the Twins haven’t announced a starter for his game, the Royals will pitch Cole Ragans. Ragans is a young lefty who has allowed a .207 ISO and wOBA of .330 over the last month. His strikeout rate has dipped, but his fly ball and line drive percentage is still low.
There’s probably some fatigue for the lefty as he’s pitching into the second half. But overall, he’s still putting up solid numbers.
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