Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction, 4/15/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+125) New York (-145)

The New York Yankees (8-7) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (8-8) at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at +125 while New York opens at -145. The total is 9. The starting pitchers are Michael Wacha and Max Fried.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 3.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 27th in the league. They have 52 runs and have an on-base percentage of .286. The Royals have hit 26 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 8 balls out of the park. They have accrued 52 runs batted in in addition to 114 hits this season, while their batting average sits at .219. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .319 and have been called out on strikes 125 times, while being walked on 42 occasions.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 3.14 so far this year (4th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 138 batters. Royals pitchers have surrendered 13 home runs and also 60 total runs (10th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 52 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.47 as a team on the season. Kansas City has conceded 120 base knocks (7.5 per 9 innings) and 50 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.20.

The Royals bullpen have recorded a save rate of 75.0% and stepped onto the hill in 17 save situations. The relievers have inherited 13 base runners for the season with 38.5% of them ended up scoring. Royals pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 11 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 51 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have notched 9 holds so far this season (16th in baseball). They have earned 6 saves for the season and have blown 2 of their 8 save opportunities.

The Houston Astros have accumulated 430 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 163 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .985 which is 15th in baseball, and have earned 15 double plays. The Royals have turned 70.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,290 innings, which has them ranked 18th in professional baseball.

Wacha has taken the ball for 1,469 frames and is sitting with 1,301 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Wacha (101-64 career record) holds a FIP of 3.84 and he has gone up against 6,193 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.90 (636 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.282. He has allowed 1,418 base hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 466 free passes.

The Yankees hold a slugging percentage of .489 and they earn 6.33 runs per game (2nd in MLB). They have notched 26 doubles, while walking 57 times as well as earning 95 runs. New York has a total of 28 home runs over the course of the season as well as 91 RBIs. They have struck out on 145 instances (8th in baseball) and have accounted for 131 base hits. The New York Yankees have a team OBP of .344 as well as a batting average of .259 over the course of the season.

The New York pitching staff have surrendered 77 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.67 (68 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 18 homers and they allow 5.29 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Yankees hold a team WHIP of 1.298 and have a FIP of 4.06 as a squad so far this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 10.80 (157 strikeouts against 70 walks). They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 100.

New York has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 4 save opportunities and they have tallied 3 saves. They rank 7th in the league with a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have sent 51 relief pitchers onto the field on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 8 times in high leverage situations and on 20 occasions with runners on base. New York relievers have an inherited score rate of 15.4% out of their 26 inherited runners. Sitting with 12 save situations, the Yankees have earned 8 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

The New York Yankees have turned 7 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (17th in baseball). The Yankees have accrued 115 assists, 8 errors and have a total of 393 putouts this year. In their 1,179 innings on the diamond, the Yankees hold a defensive efficiency of 72.2% (9th in professional baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Fried has allowed 801 base knocks while he has accumulated 884 strikeouts in 901 innings. He has conceded 305 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.165 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.55 and he has faced 3,692 batters so far in his career. Fried (75-36 career record) has a 3.05 earned run average while conceding 8.0 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+125)

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