Jimmy Adams
(915) Kansas City Royals at (916) Houston Astros
The Royals will be looking to avoid the sweep on Sunday as they continue to battle it out in the AL Central. KC has a good opportunity to score some runs against Yusei Kikuchi, who has some concerning signs in his profile. While by no means is Kikuchi a bad pitcher, he has an extremely poor hard hit rate sitting at 46.7% and his barrel percentage is high as well. Meanwhile, the Astros have plated 19 runs in their past 3 games, all resulting in victories. Cole Ragans is excellent, but the Astros have the 2nd highest batting average in baseball on the season and a lineup that can get to anyone. Kansas City also has a poor bullpen once he exits, so we're looking at a total that’s a bit low here. Take the OVER.
4% Play on OVER at 8 or better, 3% at 8.5 or worse