Cincinnati Reds vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+125) Kansas City (-150)

The Kansas City Royals (29-25) are welcoming the Cincinnati Reds (26-28) at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Reds at +125 while the Royals are coming in at -150. The total comes in at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Brady Singer and Daniel Lynch IV.

Cincinnati is slugging .394 and have been called out on strikes 484 times, while drawing a walk on 188 occasions. They have 237 runs batted in and 445 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .245. The Reds have hit 96 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 54 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 248 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .321. As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are scoring 4.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 9th in the league.

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The Reds have compiled a team earned run average of 3.81 on the year (15th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 441 hitters. Reds pitchers have surrendered 64 home runs and also 223 total runs (16th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 165 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.14 as a squad on the campaign. Cincinnati has relinquished 411 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 203 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.67 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.20.

The Reds have sent 185 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 62 runners so far this year with 33.9% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 15 saves on the campaign and have blown 8 out of their 23 save opportunities. The Reds relievers have a save percentage of 65.2% and have entered the game in 65 save situations. The bullpen have 40 holds on the season (2nd in MLB). Reds pitchers have come into the game with players on base 39 times as well as having 50 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Chicago White Sox have notched a total of 1,437 putouts so far this season, in addition to 415 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which puts them in 16th in pro baseball, and they have turned 28 double plays. The Reds have converted 72.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,311 innings, ranking them 2nd in baseball.

Singer has taken the mound for 736 innings and has totaled 691 K's in his pro baseball career. Singer (41-47 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.26 while facing 3,155 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.33 (354 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.330. He has allowed 743 hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 236 walks.

Kansas City has tallied 32 home runs on the campaign and 177 RBIs. They have put up 94 two-baggers, while walking 130 times as well as recording 179 runs. The Kansas City Royals have recorded a team OBP of .301 and a batting average of .246 on the season. The Royals have a SLG% of .363 and they score 3.31 runs per contest (28th in the league). They have been rung up on 384 occasions (28th in MLB) and have accounted for 446 base hits.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.166 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.62 as a squad so far this season. They rank 12th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 414. The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 177 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.03 (162 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.10 (434 strikeouts against 147 walks). They have surrendered 49 homers and they surrender 3.31 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).

Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.0% out of their 63 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 61 times in high leverage situations and also on 50 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 48 save situations, the Royals have earned 27 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. They sit at 1st in the league holding a save rate of 81.0%, and they have sent 168 relievers to the hill so far this season. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 21 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves.

Out of their 4,332 innings played, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (9th in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 50 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (2nd in professional baseball). The Royals have recorded 494 assists, 21 errors and have amassed 1,444 putouts during this campaign.

In his MLB career, Lynch IV has surrendered 331 base knocks while totaling 262 punch outs in 318 frames. Lynch IV (16-24 career mark) holds a 4.67 earned run average while giving up 9.4 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 165 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.434 and having a FIP of 4.6. His K/BB ratio is 2.10 and he has gone up against 1,404 batters in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (-150)

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