Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 9/3/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+120) Kansas City (-144)

The Los Angeles Angels (64-73) are traveling to Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday where they will play the Kansas City Royals (70-67). The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at +120 and Kansas City is sitting at -144. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Jose Urena and Ryan Bergert.

As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are recording 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 20th in baseball. They have accounted for 584 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .302. The Angels have compiled 187 doubles as a team and have smacked 192 baseballs out of the stadium. They have recorded 564 runs batted in and 1,044 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .229. Los Angeles is slugging .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,348 times, while being walked on 420 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.06 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.44. Angels pitchers have allowed 188 home runs and also 690 total runs (27th in the league). Los Angeles has conceded 1,219 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 640 earned runs. The Angels have a team ERA of 4.75 for the year (27th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,076 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 522 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.76 as a unit over the course of the season.

The Angels bullpen have compiled a save rate of 53.3% and have entered the game in 135 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 194 base runners this year with 37.1% of those players crossed the plate. Angels relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 127 times and also have had 177 appearances in high leverage situations. The Angels have dispatched 474 relievers to the hill for the year. The bullpen have 72 holds this year (20th in baseball). They have recorded 32 saves on the year and have missed out on 28 out of their 60 save chances.

The Angels have turned 68.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,917 innings on the field, ranking them 25th in the majors. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 3,639 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,207 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 22nd in baseball, and have accumulated 140 double plays.

Urena (44-78 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.70 while he has faced 4,270 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 1,015 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 367 walks. His earned run average is 4.77 (522 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.404. Urena has taken the ball for 984 innings and has totaled 655 K's in his MLB career.

The Royals hold a team SLG% of .394 and they earn 3.86 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have 242 two-baggers, while walking 359 times and scoring 529 runs. Kansas City has 132 home runs on the campaign and 520 runs batted in. They have struck out on 932 occasions (29th in MLB) and have 1,129 hits. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .307 and a team batting average of .246 so far this season.

The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 532 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.64 (493 earned runs conceded). They have given up 140 home runs and they surrender 3.93 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.246 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.96 as a staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.90 (1,069 strikeouts vs 404 bases on balls). They come in at 11th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,114.

Sitting with 132 save situations, the Royals have earned 73 holds and also 17 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 58 save chances and they have converted 41 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 149 times in high leverage situations and on 138 occasions with base runners. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.5% of 189 inherited runners. They rank 3rd in the league with a save percentage of 70.7%, and they have dispatched 460 relievers onto the diamond this season.

In 10,962 innings played, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (9th in pro baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 106 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in baseball). The Royals have recorded 1,215 assists, 56 errors and have accounted for 3,654 putouts for the year.

Thus far in his career, Bergert has conceded 45 base hits while he has totaled 59 K's in 64 frames. Bergert (2-1 win-loss record in his career) has a 2.67 earned run average and has surrendered 6.3 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 19 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.109 and having a FIP of 2.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and he has faced 262 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+120)

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