Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/21/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

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

The Kansas City Royals (65-61) will take on the Texas Rangers (62-65) at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday. The line on this matchup has Texas at +125 while Kansas City is sitting at -150. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Patrick Corbin and Michael Lorenzen.

Texas owns a slugging percentage of .378 and have been called out on strikes 1,038 times, while drawing a walk on 377 occasions. They have accrued 493 runs batted in as well as 982 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is at .233. The Rangers have tallied 190 doubles as a team and have hit 132 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 515 runs while having a team OBP of .301. As a unit, the Texas Rangers are compiling 4.1 runs/g, which is 24th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.74 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.19. Rangers pitchers have allowed 132 home runs and also 466 total runs (1st in MLB). Texas has given up 952 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) and also 429 earned runs. The Rangers have an ERA of 3.45 for the year (1st in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,031 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 376 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.92 as a unit for the year.

Rangers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 132 times as well as having 145 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 69 holds so far this season (16th in MLB). The Rangers bullpen have a save rate of 55.6% and stepped onto the hill in 127 save situations. They have recorded 30 saves on the season and have blown 24 of their 54 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 186 runners on the season and 31.2% of them crossed the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 397 relievers to the hill this year.

The Rangers have transformed 72.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,074 innings, which has them ranked 1st in MLB. The Texas Rangers have earned 3,358 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,085 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .991 which puts them in 1st in professional baseball, and they have turned 99 double plays.

Corbin has taken the mound for 2,011 innings and has earned 1,828 strikeouts during his MLB career. Corbin (109-140 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.44 while going up against 8,655 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.51 (1,008 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.373. He has allowed 2,143 base hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 619 free passes.

The Kansas City Royals hold an OBP of .305 as well as a team batting average of .246 for the season. They have struck out on 863 instances (29th in baseball) and have recorded 1,029 base hits. Kansas City is sitting with 116 long balls so far this year as well as 467 runs batted in. The Royals have a team slugging percentage of .391 and they earn 3.80 runs per outing (28th in MLB). They have put up 221 doubles, while getting a free base 321 times as well as scoring 475 runs.

The Kansas City pitching staff have yielded 478 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.59 (444 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 125 home runs and they concede 3.87 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.240 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.92 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.90 (982 strikeouts vs 376 free passes). They come in at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,004.

Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 51 save chances and they have tallied 36 saves. They are currently ranked 4th in baseball with a save rate of 70.6%, and they have dispatched 418 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 134 times in high leverage situations and also on 124 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.8% out of their 169 inherited runners. With 119 save situations, the Royals have earned 67 holds and 15 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 99 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (5th in the majors). The Royals have recorded 1,119 assists, 51 errors and are sitting with 3,339 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 10,017 innings played, the Royals have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.9% (7th in MLB).

Lorenzen (52-52 career record) has earned a 4.04 ERA and has conceded 8.2 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.08 and he has gone up against 4,049 batters in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 430 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.311 and having a FIP of 4.0. During his MLB career, Lorenzen has allowed 876 base knocks and he has 787 K's in 957 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (-150)

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