Game Time: 9:38 pm ET, Monday, June 20th, 2022 

Venue: Angels Stadium of Anaheim, Orange County, California

Where to Watch:  MLB.TV 

DraftKings: Royals +150, Angels -175; O/U 8.5

Caesars:  Royals +160, Angels -179; O/U 8.5

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Royals: 23-42, 5th place AL Central

Angels: 30-36, 3rd place AL West

An American League battle between trash from the AL Central and castaways of the AL West.  Neither of these teams are any good.  There is no promise of post-season glories to come.  The American League has better teams in both divisions and a couple of better teams in the East.  So, what is it?  A Great betting opportunity?... Yup.  That is exactly what it is.  Vegas agrees.  Vegas has loaded the betting lines in favor of the Angels despite the Angels recent persistent losing.  The reason of course is that anybody playing the Royals has an easy, don’t screw it up day ahead of them.  The Royals are not only persistent losers, but losers over many recent years.  So let’s look at the numbers and then plant some cash and watch it grow.

The Kansas City Royals have won 5 of their last 10 games.  A good stretch of the season by Kansas City standards.  It helps that the A’s and the Orioles were in the mix.  The Royals are on a five-game stretch of hitting the Under… The fact that they are third worst in the league in scoring per game tends to help the Under.  They went 2-1 against the Oakland A’s, 1-2 against the San Francisco Giants, and 2-2 against the Baltimore Orioles.  It has been a lot of hullabaloo for a little .500 stretch.  

The Los Angeles Angels have won 5 of their last 10 games.  Yet another bad team going .500 over the last ten games.  Neither vastly improving or terribly hurting their already bad record.  They are on a 3-game streak of Unders AND a three-game win streak!  They went 4-1 against the Seattle Mariners, 0-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and 2-1 against the New York Mets.  The Angels were very lucky to hit a 5-game stretch with the Mariners and their luck keeps rolling in with a 3-game streak against the Kansas City Royals.

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The Angels are 15th in scoring with 4.39 runs per game, 13th in batting average with .234, and 167th in OBP with .314.

The Royals are 27th in scoring with 3.74 runs per game, 21st in batting average with .237, and 23rd in OBP with .302.  The offense has been really, really bad.

The Angels’ pitching ranks 17th in the league in ERA with 3.92, 11th in WHIP with 1.23, and 20th in fielding errors with 38 on the season so far.

The Royals’ pitching ranks 28th in ERA with 4.97, 29th in WHIP with 1.48, and 6th in fielding errors with only 29 on the season.  It’s hard to make fielding errors when all the balls get hit over the fence.

 

Our prediction for Monday June 20th is… Angels 6 - Royals 1

 

The Royals are near the worst in hitting and you know what they say… “as long as you are terrible at the plate… It would help to be worse from the mound!”... Wait… No one says that.  Bet on the Angels despite your misgivings about them… because in this case a bet for the Angels is actually a bet against the Royals.  I would also lay some on the UNDER.  Both teams are combining for an unbroken streak of 8 UNDERS.

 

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The Angels are 4-2 against Kansas City over the last 3 seasons.

The Angels are 3-0 against Kansas City over the last 3 seasons in Los Angeles.

2 of 3 games in this series have gone Over.

Angels: LF T. Ward (hamstring) Out ** SS D. Fletcher (groin) Out **  

Royals: C M. Melendez (rest) Quest ** C C Gallagher (hamstring) Out ** CF E. Olivares (quad) OUT ** SS A. Modesi (knee) Out

Royals: LHP Kris Bubic, 0-4, 8.36 ERA, 24 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched.  1.89 WHIP.  The 24 year old’s numbers are awful… his record is terrible… and he was called up prematurely and needs a few more seasons of experience in the minor leagues.  

Angels: RHP Noah Syndergaard, 4-5, 3.53 ERA, 35 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched.  1.18 WHIP.  Noah Syndergaard is a real pro… who will really throw the ball over the plate.  That is literally all the Angels need for this one.  

Angels:  LF Brandon Marsh, DH Mike Trout, 3B Anthony Rendon, 1B Jared Walsh, 2B Matt Duffy, RF Juan Lagares, C Kurt Suzuki, CF Tyler Wade, SS Andrew Velazquez

Royals: 2B Whit Merrifield, LF Andrew Benintendi, SS Bobby Witt Jr, C Salvador Perez, 1B Hunter Dozier, DH Carlos Santana, RF MJ Melendez, CF Michael A. Taylor, 3B Emmanuel Rivera

 

Angels: Interim manager.  I will learn his name when he actually gets the job. 

Royals: Mike “cash those checks” Matheny

Sunny.  87*, Humidity 40%.  Light winds of 11 mph.  Orange County is a little hotter than Hollywood, Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica… You know… all the good places.  The players will need loads of water and sunscreen.