Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 8/10/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Monday, August 10, 2026

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+132) Los Angeles (-160)

The Kansas City Royals (48-69) are on their way to Dodger Stadium on Monday where they will go up against the Los Angeles Dodgers (69-47). The moneyline on this matchup has the Royals at +132 and the Dodgers are at -160. The total is 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Noah Cameron and Tarik Skubal.

As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.1 runs per game, which ranks them 26th in the league. They are sitting with 484 runs and have an OBP of .312. The Royals have accrued 213 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 117 balls out of the park. They have 461 RBI's as well as 961 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .245. Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .396 and have been rung up 926 times, while being walked on 359 occasions.

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The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.82 on the season (28th in the league), and the staff has rung up 864 batters. Royals pitchers have given up 149 long balls and 589 total runs (27th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 440 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.71 as a team on the year. Kansas City has given up 1,020 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 550 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.96 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.42.

Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 80 times in addition to having 116 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 52 holds on the season (23rd in the league). The Royals bullpen have a save rate of 56.0% and have come into the game in 103 save situations. They have recorded 28 saves on the year and have blown 22 of 50 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 119 base runners on the campaign and 42.0% of those players ended up scoring. The Royals have dispatched 376 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

The Royals have converted 69.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,252 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have 3,084 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,057 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them ranked 11th in pro baseball, and have a total of 104 double plays.

Cameron has taken the hill for 261 innings and has earned 230 K's so far in his MLB career. Cameron (15-15 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.60 while facing 1,083 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.65 (106 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.190. He has surrendered 228 base hits (7.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 83 free passes.

Los Angeles has hit 150 home runs for the season and 552 runs batted in. They have put up 189 doubles, while taking a walk 437 times as well as putting up 587 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have tallied an on-base percentage of .339 in addition to a team batting average of .262 this year. The Dodgers hold a slugging percentage of .431 and they score 5.06 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have been rung up on 910 occasions (25th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,024 hits.

The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.161 and have a FIP of 4.02 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 833. The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 448 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.75 (426 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (1,034 strikeouts vs 354 bases on balls). They have yielded 140 homers and they concede 3.94 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

They rank 9th in the league holding a save rate of 69.8%, and they have sent 369 relievers onto the diamond so far this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 106 times in high leverage situations and also on 78 occasions with runners on. With 115 save situations, the Dodgers have tallied 71 holds and also 13 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 43 save chances and they have come away with 30 saves. Los Angeles bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.2% out of their 129 inherited base runners.

In 9,204 innings played, the Dodgers have earned a defensive efficiency of 72.8% (1st in pro baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 65 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in the majors). The Dodgers have racked up 950 assists, 44 errors and have notched a total of 3,068 putouts for the season.

In his MLB career, Skubal has conceded 618 hits while he has accumulated 895 strikeouts in 772 innings pitched. He has conceded 264 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.026 and having a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.14 and he has gone up against 3,080 hitters thus far in his career. Skubal (54-38 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.08 earned run average while giving up 7.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-160)

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