Royals vs Rays Prediction and MLB Tips - 16 July 2023
Last updated: Jul 15, 2023, 6:10PM | Published: Jul 15, 2023, 1:21PM
The Kansas City Royals play the favoured Tampa Bay Rays in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, commencing at 9:10am AEST.
The Royals will send Brady Singer (5-8, 5.80 ERA) to the mound, while the Rays are going with Shane McClanahan (11-1, 2.53 ERA).
Stats Insider's top betting tips for Royals vs Rays, plus the latest betting odds in Australia, are featured below.
Who Will Win: Royals vs Rays
Using state-of-the-art machine learning and data, Stats Insider has simulated Sunday's Kansas City-Tampa Bay MLB game 10,000 times.
Our proven predictive analytics model gives the Rays a 64% chance of beating the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
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Royals vs Rays: Odds
The latest betting odds in Australia for Sunday's MLB game at Kauffman Stadium are shown here:
- Head to Head: Royals $2.80, Rays $1.45
- Line: Royals +1.5 ($2.10), Rays -1.5 ($1.77)
- Total (Over/Under 9.5 Runs): Over $1.87, Under $1.95
Odds are correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
Looking at the latest head-to-head odds, bet365 currently has the Royals at $2.80 and the Rays at $1.45.
The Royals are listed as 1.5-run underdogs against the Rays, with odds of $2.10 currently on offer at bet365.
For the favourite Rays (-1.5) to cover the line, bet365 currently has odds of $1.77.
The Over/Under for total runs scored sits at 9.5 with bet365, which currently has odds for the Over at $1.87 and odds for the Under at $1.95.
According to Stats Insider's analytics model, the Rays (-1.5) have a 51% chance of covering the line, while the 9.5-run Over/Under has a 64% chance of staying Under.
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Royals vs Rays: Betting Tips
- Head to Head: Kansas City at $2.80 with bet365 (1.9% edge)
- Line: Royals +1.5 at $2.10 with bet365 (3.4% edge)
- Total Runs: Under 9.5 at $1.95 with bet365 (64% probability) 🔥
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And while the Rays have a higher chance of winning the game, betting on the Royals to win is our recommended option due to the 1.9% edge identified when comparing our data-led probabilities to the odds currently on offer.
Taking advantage of the edges published on Stats Insider is one of the keys to being a profitable bettor in the long run.
Even though the Rays are more likely to cover the line, our best bet of Royals +1.5 is based on the likelihood of that happening, as suggested by our predictive analytics model, and the top odds available.
Royals vs Rays: Prediction
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Royals vs Rays: Preview
The match-up between the Royals and Rays at Kauffman Stadium is scheduled to begin at 9:10am AEST on Sunday.
- Teams: Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays
- Date: Sunday 16 July 2023
- Time: 9:10am AEST
- Venue: Kauffman Stadium
All dates and times in this article are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) unless otherwise noted.
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