Game Time: 9:49 pm ET, Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 

Venue: Angels Stadium of Anaheim, Orange County, California

Where to Watch:  MLB.TV 

DraftKings: Royals +170,. Angels -204; O/U 8

Caesars:  Royals +180, Angels -208; O/U 8

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Royals: 24-42, 5th place AL Central

Angels: 33-37, 2nd place AL West

The Angels took a bad “L” om Game 1 of this series.  The Royals are an awful team and the Angel;s lost to them 6-2 in the first game.  Game 2 is set for Tuesday night… and this game is Game 3.  This prediction still promotes the Angels and all their better numbers but is the last one if the Angels don’t come through.  The Angels are a team that built great numbers to start the season and have fallen apart top the point of firing the manager.  The Royals are bad… but still any given Sunday applies… If the Angels can’t keep it together the Royals will pounce… still with these numbers the Angels should have the advantage. 

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 Wednesday June 22nd is…  Angels 6 - Royals 2

 

Trust in the constant depletion of Royals pitching staff and keep betting the Angels.  It will pay over the Ropaysl 3 games to 1 over a season easily. Ignore the Over/Under as these teams are in a very unpredictable cycle.

 

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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, Daniel Lynch, 3-6, 5.19 ERA, 60 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched.  1.53 WHIP.  His teammates have nicknamed him “Mr Nobody” because no one watches when he pitches.  They spit seeds and tweet garbage instead.  The 25 years old may not be ready for the pros… but he is here.

Angels: RHP Shohei Ohtani, 5-4, 3.28 ERA, 77 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched.  1.09 WHIP.  Shohei is the best two way player in major league baseball in nearly 90 years.  You should bet against him at your peril.

Angels: LHP Reid Detmers, 2-3, 4.25 ERA, 38 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched.  1.08 ERA.

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.  Phil Nevin

Royals: Mike “cash those checks” Matheny

Mostly Sunny.  98*.  Humidity 48%, Wind 11 mph.  It will be so hot that some rain would be welcome by everyone that has to be in the ballfield.  They will only have a 20% chance of getting any.  And only a small splash if they do.