Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/26/2022

Game Time: 7:40 pm ET, Thursday, May 26, 2022

Venue:  Target Field, Minneapolis, MN

Where to Watch:  BSN

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +160, Twins -190; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +160, Twins -190; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +160, Twins -190; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

 

Kansas City Royals:  14-28 (4th place, AL Central)

Minnesota Twins:  27-16 (1st place, AL Central)

 

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Kansas City Royals:  2-8 last 10

Minnesota Twins:  8-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Royals are coming into this game with a 14-28 record overall and they are 6-13 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 6 game losing streak. They just lost their 2-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks getting swept 2-0, had Wednesday off as a rest day, and they are playing the series opener of a 4-game series with the Twins on Thursday. This will be the 1st game of the series on Thursday. Jonathan Heasley was the starting pitcher for them on Tuesday while Daniel Lynch is on the mound for them here on Thursday. He is 2-3 with a 4.01 ERA this season. His team lost 3 of their last 4 games this season with him starting. In his last start, he allowed 4 ER, 0 HRs, and 2 BB with 2 Ks on 5 hits in 3.2 IP against the Minnesota Twins. They scored 11 runs in their last series averaging 5.5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 17 runs against them averaging 8.5 runs allowed per game.

 

The Twins are coming into this game with a 27-16 record overall and they are 15-8 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 8 of their last 9 games and are coming into this one on a 6 game winning streak. They just won their 3-game series against the Kansas City Royals 3-0 completing the sweep and they are playing the series opener of a 4-game series with the Royals on Thursday. This will be the 1st game of the series on Thursday with the series finale of their series against the Tigers still to be played on Wednesday. Dylan Bundy is the starting pitcher for them on Wednesday while Devin Smeltzer will be on the mound for them here on Thursday. He is 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA this season. His team won their last game this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 1 earned run, 0 homers, and 1 BB with 0 strikeouts on 5 hits in 5.1 innings played against the Kansas City Royals. They scored 7 runs in their last series averaging 3.5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 4 runs against them averaging 2 runs allowed per game with the final game of that series still to be played.

 

The Twins are coming into this game as a big favorite with the current betting odds. They have been playing very well recently as they are coming into this game on a big win streak and they have been great at home all season. They are going up against a Royals team that has not been playing very well this season, getting swept by the D-backs in their last series and getting swept by the Twins prior to that as they just played against them last week. The Twins also have a better starter in this game as Smeltzer has been good this season while Lynch has not been great. The Twins have been heating up a lot in these games and they will likely keep on their winning streak here with another series against a bad team they just swept last week and are at home for this time. The best bet here is on the Twins to win this game on the runline as they will stay hot in this game.

 

Royals Twins Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Thursday, May 26, 2022 (7:40 pm ET start time) is Twins 9 Royals 3.

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Kansas City Royals: 14-28 (-12.6 Units) ML in all games. 6-13 (-5.4 Units) ML in road games. 59-35 UNDER after 2 straight games where they committed no errors.

Minnesota Twins: 27-15 (+11.6 Units) ML in all games. 20-6 (+12.2 Units) ML as a favorite of -110 or higher. 13-7 UNDER in home games.

 

 

Kansas City Royals:  S. Perez (C) Out indefinitely - Thumb. M. Taylor (CF) Out indefinitely - Illness. A. Mondesi (SS) out for season - Knee.

Minnesota Twins:  D. Coulombe (RP) Early June - Hip. C. Paddack (SP) out for season - Elbow. M. Sano (3B) Out indefinitely - Knee.

 

 

 

"He's a dangerous hitter. He continues to show his power." - Mike Matheny on Melendez after his team’s loss against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

 

 

"He knew that this was something that we were all desiring right now from him, and it seemed to kind of fire him up and allow him to focus. You can see that at times being a lot to handle, when you know your team really needs you for something like that. I think he eats it up." - Rocco Baldelli after his team’s win against the Tigers on Tuesday.

 

 

 

Whit Merrifield (R) 2B

Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

Bobby Witt Jr. (R) 3B

Hunter Dozier (R) RF

MJ Melendez (L) C

Carlos Santana (S) 1B

Ryan O'Hearn (L) DH

Dairon Blanco (R) CF

Nicky Lopez (L) SS

 

Byron Buxton (R) DH

Luis Arraez (L) 1B

Carlos Correa (R) SS

Max Kepler (L) RF

Gary Sanchez (R) C

Trevor Larnach (L) LF

Gio Urshela (R) 3B

Nick Gordon (L) 2B

Gilberto Celestino (R) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Edward Olivares (.371)

Hits:  Andrew Benintendi (50)

Home Runs:  Salvador Perez (6)

RBI:  Andrew Benintendi (18)

Stolen Bases:  Whit Merrifield (7)

Wins:  Collin Snider (3)

Saves:  Scott Barlow (4)

ERA:  Matt Peacock (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Luis Arraez (.354)

Hits:  Luis Arraez (40)

Home Runs:  Byron Buxton (11)

RBI:  Jorge Polanco (24)

Stolen Bases:  Jorge Polanco (2)

Wins:  Joe Ryan (5)

Saves:  Emilio Pagan (6)

ERA:  Jovani Moran (0.00)

 

Managers:

Kansas City Royals: Mike Matheny (3rd season)

Minnesota Twins: Rocco Baldelli (4th season)