The Kansas City Royals (39-59) and New York Yankees (66-33) meet Thursday at 7:05 p.m. ET to kick off a 3-game series at Yankee Stadium. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Royals vs. Yankees odds with MLB picks and predictions.
Season series: New York leads 3-0.
The Royals are playing their 1st road series of the 2nd half. Kansas City, which has logged just 4 road games since July 7,'has played just .370 ball on the road this season. The Royals’ offense had been surging in July, but was shut out in each of the club’s last 2 games.
The Yankees are coming off back-to-back losses to the crosstown Mets and are under-.500 this month (10-12) after dominating over the season’s first half. Five of New York’s last 7 losses have been by 2 runs or less, and over those 7 losses the club has gone just 6-for-64 (.094) with runners in scoring position.