Odds updated as of 2:11 a.m.<\/p>\n
In MLB action on Thursday, the Kansas City Royals face the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n
Before you do any MLB betting<\/a> on this matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook, here’s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n Kansas City Royals (5-7) vs. Chicago White Sox (4-8)Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026Time: 7:40 p.m. ETVenue: Kauffman Stadium — Kansas City, MissouriCoverage: Royals.TV and CHSN AppAll MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.Moneyline: KC: (-178) | CHW: (+150)Spread: KC: -1.5 (+110) | CHW: +1.5 (-132)Total: 9.5 — Over: (+100) | Under: (-122)Royals<\/a> vs White Sox<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/p>\n Probable Pitchers: Seth Lugo (Royals) – 1-0, 1.59 ERA vs Anthony Kay (White Sox) – 0-0, 4.00 ERA<\/p>\n This contest’s pitching matchup is set, as the Royals will send Seth Lugo (1-0) to the mound, while Anthony Kay will answer the bell for the White Sox. Lugo has a record of 2-0-0 ATS in two starts with a spread this season. Lugo’s team won his only start as a favorite this season. Kay has started just one game with a set spread, which the White Sox failed to cover. The White Sox were named the moneyline underdog for one Kay start this season — they lost.<\/p>\n All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire<\/a>. Looking at the moneyline for White Sox-Royals, Chicago is the underdog at +150, and Kansas City is -178 playing at home.The White Sox are at the Royals, and are +1.5 on the runline. The White Sox are +110 to cover the spread, and the Royals are -132.A combined run total of 9.5 has been set for Royals-White Sox on April 9, with the over at +100 and the under at -122.<\/p>\n Bet on Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n The Royals have been victorious in two of the five contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.Kansas City has not played a game this season with better moneyline odds than -178.The Royals’ games have gone over the total in four of their 12 opportunities.The Royals have posted a record of 5-7-0 against the spread this season.The White Sox have won 33.3% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (4-8).When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +150 or longer, Chicago has a 1-2 record (winning just 33.3% of its games).The White Sox have combined with opponents to go over the total eight times this season for an 8-4-0 record against the over\/under.The White Sox have a 5-7-0 record ATS this season.Royals<\/a> Player LeadersMaikel Garcia leads Kansas City in OBP (.377), slugging percentage (.457) and total hits (14) this season. He has a .304 batting average.Among qualifying hitters in MLB, he ranks 29th in batting average, 42nd in on-base percentage, and 54th in slugging.Kyle Isbel is batting .429 with a double, two home runs and two walks, while slugging .679 with an on-base percentage of .467.Bobby Witt Jr. has 12 hits this season and has a slash line of .273\/.365\/.295.Jonathan India has two home runs, eight RBI and a batting average of .206 this season.Miguel Vargas has put up an on-base percentage of .347, a team-best for the White Sox. He’s batting .225 and slugging .425.He ranks 101st in batting average, 63rd in on-base percentage and 67th in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters in the big leagues.Munetaka Murakami paces his team with eight hits. He has a batting average of .205 while slugging .513 with an on-base percentage of .333.He is 130th in batting average, 73rd in on-base percentage and 34th in slugging percentage in the big leagues.Chase Meidroth has a slugging percentage of .390, a team-high for the White Sox.Luisangel Acuna has a walk while hitting .250.<\/p>\n Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odds updated as of 2:11 a.m. In MLB action on Thursday, the Kansas City Royals face the Chicago…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-671496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116373699353188208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Royals win (61.4%)<\/p>\n