Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 23-22 New York Yankees play host to the 28-16 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Yankee Stadium, May 26, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Yankees -112/Royals +102
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Jason Vargas (L) W/L 3-1 WHIP 1.48 ERA 5.26
Adam Warren (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.38 ERA 4.26

The Yankees blew out the Royals 14-1 yesterday as they scored 11 runs in the first 2 innings. Kansas City is 0-1 on their road trip and 7-3 in their last 10 games. New York is 1-3 on their homestand and 2-8 in their past 10 games.

The season series is now tied 2-2 between these two clubs and KC has a 6-4 edge in the last 10 encounters.

Vargas was a 5-3 winner over Cleveland in his last start as he yielded 2 runs in 6 innings for his 2nd Q start of the year.

Warren was a 3-2 loser at Washington in his last outing. He went 6.1 innings and surrendered 2 runs for his 2nd-straight Q start of the season.

No one on the Royals has more than 4 ABs vs. the young right-hander. The 6 hitters that have faced Warren have a cumulative avg. of .111 (2-18) with no HRs or SBs.

NY OF Carlos Beltran is 3-7 (.429) off of Vargas with a HR, 3 RBIs and a SB, the only person on the club to swipe a base off of the veteran lefty. 3B Chase Headley is also 3-7 while 1B Mark Teixeira (.235) is the only other batter to go deep off Vargas. The trio of OF Brett Gardner, IF Stephen Drew and DH Alex Rodriguez are a combined 2-22 (.091).

Kansas City at New York Betting Trends

The Royals are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of the Royals last 6 games on the road against the Yankees.
New York Yankees are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games.
The Yankee’s are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games at home.
New York is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games at home against Kansas City.

Injury Report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Danny Duffy P 15-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Erik Kratz C 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

NEW YORK YANKEES
Carlos Beltran OF Day-to-Day (illness)
Jacoby Ellsbury OF 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Martin P 15-Day Disabled List
Ivan Nova P 60-Day Disabled List
Gregorio Petit 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan SS 60-Day Disabled List
Masahiro Tanaka P 15-Day Disabled List
Chase Whitley P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Kansas City: 59%
New York: 41%

Free MLB Pick

The Yankees exploded for 14 runs yesterday against the Royals getting to starter Jeremy Guthrie for 8 runs in the first. The question we have is was the offensive outburst a return to form by Yankee batters or was it because it because Guthrie didn’t have it yesterday? We’ll put most of the blame on Guthrie and look for New York to have their struggles against today’s starter lefty Jason Vargas. The Royals lefthander has very good historical numbers against the Yankee lineup with the roster batting a lifetime .213 against him in 80 plate appearances. Adam Warren has never started against Kansas City but the lineup has 22 at bats against him going 5 of 22 for a batting average of .227.

Take the UNDER 8.5 -105‏