Guardians at Royals
O/U 7.5 · RL Guardians -1.5 · Kauffman Stadium
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Guardians ML -142
- Published odds
- -142
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 12-9
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The line
BETRIVERS · 17 moves| Market | Opened Sep 25 5:00 AM | Close Sep 25 6:52 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Guardians -1.5 (+110) | Guardians -1.5 (+112) | Price |
| TOTAL | 7.5 (-115) | 7.5 (+100) | Price |
| MONEYLINE | Guardians -139 | Guardians -141 | −2 |
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENSep 25 5:00 AM | Guardians -1.5 (+110) | 7.5 (-115) | Guardians -139 · Royals +117 |
| Sep 25 6:00 AM | Guardians -1.5 (+120) | 7.5 (-113) | Guardians -127 · Royals +107 |
| Sep 25 9:00 AM | Guardians -1.5 (+120) | 7.5 (+100) | Guardians -130 · Royals +108 |
| Sep 25 10:41 AM | Guardians -1.5 (+123) | 7 (-132) | Guardians -129 · Royals +108 |
| Sep 25 11:06 AM | Guardians -1.5 (+120) | 7.5 (-106) | Guardians -129 · Royals +108 |
| Sep 25 12:00 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+120) | 7.5 (-103) | Guardians -129 · Royals +108 |
| Sep 25 1:22 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+115) | 7 (-121) | Guardians -137 · Royals +115 |
| Sep 25 1:43 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+123) | 7.5 (-103) | Guardians -127 · Royals +106 |
| Sep 25 2:40 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+118) | 7.5 (-104) | Guardians -132 · Royals +110 |
| Sep 25 3:10 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+114) | 7 (-132) | Guardians -137 · Royals +116 |
| Sep 25 3:35 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+110) | 7.5 (-103) | Guardians -139 · Royals +117 |
| Sep 25 4:01 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+108) | 7.5 (-109) | Guardians -139 · Royals +117 |
| Sep 25 4:22 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+120) | 7.5 (+100) | Guardians -129 · Royals +108 |
| Sep 25 4:54 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+108) | 7.5 (-110) | Guardians -139 · Royals +117 |
| Sep 25 4:58 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+116) | 7.5 (-107) | Guardians -134 · Royals +112 |
| Sep 25 5:02 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+118) | 7 (-129) | Guardians -134 · Royals +112 |
| Sep 25 5:56 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+114) | 7.5 (-103) | Guardians -137 · Royals +115 |
| CLOSESep 25 6:52 PM | Guardians -1.5 (+112) | 7.5 (+100) | Guardians -141 · Royals +118 |
The read
The Guardians roll into Kauffman with a postseason berth in hand and a one-game division lead to protect. They hand the ball to Gavin Williams against Noah Cameron and a Royals club playing out the string. My bet rests on the last nine outs as much as the first eighteen. Cameron has not gone past 6.0 innings in any of his last five starts, which hands the late innings to a Royals pen with a 5.08 ERA in tracked games. That pen is also without closer Steven Cruz, who went on the paternity list Thursday. Five Kansas City relievers worked yesterday, including Jose Cuas for 42 pitches and Anthony Gose for 28 on his second straight day. That pushes the back end toward Nate Pearson, who carries a 6.55 ERA over the last 30 days.
Cleveland's pen sits at 2.24 in tracked games, and Cade Smith has not allowed an earned run in 13.1 innings over the last 30 days. In the September series with Chicago, Stephen Vogt ran Smith and Hunter Gaddis back on consecutive days when the division was on the line, and it is on the line again tonight with a magic number of three. Williams owns a 1.44 ERA across 25 September innings and has gone seven innings twice in his last four starts. His platoon split plays straight into this lineup: lefties hit .191 with a .601 OPS against him, and Kansas City starts six of them. Bobby Witt Jr. is 3-for-21 against him.
The case against is real. Cleveland sits Nathaniel Lowe and Patrick Bailey, the bottom of the order is thin against a lefty, and the offense went 1-for-19 with runners in scoring position at Boston. This team also celebrated a clinch at Fenway before flying in overnight. Williams has a 4.79 road ERA, and Cameron has a 2.72 ERA over his last eight starts. I expect a grinder, which is why I won't lay the run line with an offense this cold. But -142 prices Cleveland at about 56%, and I rate them better than that once the late innings come into play. The stakes, a starter who can work deep, and the far better bullpen outweigh a travel-weary lineup. Guardians on the moneyline.
The research
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HEAT CHECK
Angel Martinez: 1.310 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.310Angel Martinez has a 1.310 OPS over the last 15 days in only 29 at-bats, against a .761 season mark. A stretch that short can swing on two or three swings. With 17 home runs and a total-bases line of 1.5 against Cleveland, the season number is the better base for sizing up the prop.
BALLPARK
Noah Cameron owns a 4.58 ERA at Kauffman Stadium and 3.36 everywhere else
4.58Noah Cameron has a 4.58 ERA over 15 games and 78.2 innings at Kauffman Stadium, against 3.36 in 93.2 innings elsewhere, and hitters bat .266 off him at home. Both samples are a decent size, so the split carries some weight. At home against Cleveland, he has been the less reliable version of himself.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKDAVID FRYHITS UNDER 0.5
I'm taking David Fry under 0.5 hits at -110. The whole case is the handedness split, and it's a big one. Fry bats sixth and plays first base tonight because a lefty is on the mound. That's the role Cleveland uses him for, and it's where he has struggled all year. Against left-handed pitching he's hitting .168 with a .620 OPS over 113 at-bats. That's most of his playing time this season, so it isn't a small sample. Against righties he's been a far better hitter, in far fewer trips. The contact data backs up the results: his expected batting average and slugging off how he has struck the ball sit right beside his actual line, so no bad luck is hiding in it.
The role cuts the same way. Fry is a part-time bat who averages under three plate appearances a game this season. With Nathaniel Lowe on the bench, Stephen Vogt has an easy move if a right-hander takes over late for Kansas City. That could cost Fry his last trip to the plate. Kauffman plays big, and tonight's wind blows in from right, so a righty's fly ball has less room to carry.
The strongest case against is his recent form. Fry has a hit in each of his last three games, all against lefties, including a double off Oakland and a single at Fenway. He's also 2 for 7 with a double against Noah Cameron in his career. That's only eight plate appearances, but it's the only direct history. A single bloop cashes the over, and that's the nature of a half-hit line. Still, at close to even money I'll back a season-long weakness against lefties over a three-game run.
- GARY'S PICKNOAH CAMERONPITCHER WALKS OVER 1.5
I'm taking Noah Cameron over 1.5 walks at -107. Two walks is his normal night, and this lineup is built to take them. Across 29 starts he has walked 51 batters. In five of his last six outings he issued at least one, and he's handed out two or more in four of those six. Cleveland's order is patient at the top and through the middle. Steven Kwan leads off with 82 walks on the season, and he has drawn four over his last six games. Jose Ramirez has 59 and Chase DeLauter has 57, and both sit in the first three spots, so they'll see Cameron two or three times each. Austin Hedges adds a disciplined at-bat at the bottom. As a team the Guardians draw more walks per game than the Royals, and they rarely strike out, which keeps counts going longer.
The umpire matters on a line this low. Tom Hanahan has the plate, and in 28 games this year his zone has produced more walks and fewer strikeouts than the league norm. With a finesse lefty who lives on the edges with changeups and cutters, a tight zone turns borderline pitches into ball four.
The case against starts with his reputation. Cameron built his career on command, and he walked only one batter in two of his last four starts. Kansas City has also kept his pitch count in the 80s to 90s, so his exposure is limited to roughly six innings. Cleveland's lineup is weaker against lefties, and a free-swinging night could let him pitch to contact and get out in two walks' worth of pitches. I'm not paying much juice here, and I'll take a patient lineup, a tight zone and his own season norm over one more clean line.
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