Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 8/6/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+150) Boston (-182)

The Boston Red Sox (63-51) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (56-57) at Fenway Park on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +150 while the Red Sox are priced at -182. The total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Michael Wacha and Dustin May.

The Royals have compiled 203 doubles as a team and have smacked 99 balls out of the park. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .386 and have struck out 775 times, while drawing a walk on 275 occasions. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are notching 3.7 runs per game, which is 29th in the league. They have amassed 409 RBI's in addition to 925 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average comes in at .244. They have notched a total of 416 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .301.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.63 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23. Royals pitchers have relinquished 115 home runs and 430 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Kansas City has conceded 895 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 398 earned runs. The Royals have an ERA of 3.56 so far this year (2nd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 901 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 343 hitters and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a team on the season.

The Royals have dispatched 374 relievers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have inherited 156 runners this season with 29.5% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 31 saves so far this season and have blown 14 of 45 chances to get a save. The Royals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 68.9% and have entered the game in 101 save situations. The bullpen have notched 55 holds this year (23rd in the league). Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 113 times and also have had 122 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have transformed 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,048 innings, which has them sitting 6th in MLB. The Houston Astros have accounted for 3,016 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,007 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them sitting 7th in professional baseball, and they have turned 86 double plays.

Wacha has taken the mound for 1,579 innings and has earned 1,385 strikeouts so far in his career. Wacha (106-71 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.79 and he has gone up against 6,648 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.85 (676 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.272. He has surrendered 1,516 base knocks (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 493 walks.

The Boston Red Sox have an OBP of .323 as well as a batting average of .254 on the season. They have struck out on 1,024 instances (3rd in MLB) and have notched a total of 994 base hits. Boston has knocked in 141 long balls so far this year and 545 RBIs. The Red Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .432 and they score 4.98 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have recorded 235 doubles, while getting a free base 362 times as well as scoring 568 runs.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.298 in addition to having a FIP of 4.00 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.30 (942 strikeouts against 376 free passes). They rank 22nd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 951. They have relinquished 117 HR's and they concede 4.29 runs per 9 innings (15th in MLB). The Boston pitching staff have surrendered 487 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.71 (421 earned runs relinquished).

Boston has had relievers enter the game in 54 save chances and they have walked away with 32 saves. They sit at 21st in MLB holding a save percentage of 59.3%, and they have dispatched 374 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 141 times in high leverage situations in addition to 116 occasions with base runners. Boston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 32.2% out of 152 inherited runners. Sitting with 120 save situations, the Red Sox have tallied 64 holds and also 22 blown saves.

In 9,198 innings played, the Red Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (26th in pro baseball). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 96 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (29th in professional baseball). The Red Sox have 1,049 assists, 90 errors and are sitting with 3,066 putouts on the campaign.

During his career, May has allowed 241 base hits while he has accumulated 271 punch outs in 295 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 122 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.155 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.71 and he has faced 1,223 batters so far in his pro baseball career. May (18-16 mark in his career) has earned a 3.72 earned run average while conceding 7.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+150)

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