The Kansas City Royals (37-54) meet the New York Mets (38-53) after Tyler Tolbert had a five-hit showing in a 15-1 win over the Phillies. The Mets are favored (-156) in this matchup with the Royals (+126), which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Kansas City is projected to start Seth Lugo, while New York has not named a starter.

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Mets vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-156)
• Underdog: Royals (+126)
• Over/under: 8

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have been the moneyline favorite 58 total times this season. They’ve finished 30-28 in those games.
• New York has a 6-11 record (winning only 35.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -156 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 60.9%.
• New York has played in 91 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 42 times (42-41-8).
• The Mets have a 39-52-0 record ATS this season (covering 42.9% of the time).

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto paces the Mets with 19 home runs while putting up a team-high batting average of .301.
• Soto’s home runs rank 20th in MLB and he ranks 55th in RBI in MLB.
• Soto has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two home runs, five walks and seven RBIs.
• Bo Bichette has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 50 runs batted in.
• Bichette currently ranks 101st in homers and 39th in RBI in the bigs.
• Bichette has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .400 with a double, two walks and four RBIs.
• Carson Benge is batting .258 with 12 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 24 walks.
• Mark Vientos has nine doubles, 11 home runs and 12 walks while hitting .211.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 9.3 K/9, the third-best in the majors.
• New York has a 4.28 team ERA that ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Mets combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.301).
• Mets pitchers combine to give up the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (99 total, 1.1 per game).
• New York knocked off the Braves 7-6 in its last game with 13 strikeouts while allowing 13 hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 57 times and won 21, or 36.8%, of those games.
• This season, Kansas City has won five of its 11 games, or 45.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +126 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 44.2% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 44 of its 91 chances.
• The Royals are 40-51-0 against the spread in their 91 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .292. He’s also hit 12 home runs with 36 RBI.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Witt is 80th in homers and 110th in RBI.
• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in runs batted in (47) this season. He’s batting .247 while slugging .443.
• Jensen is 64th in homers and 48th in RBI among all major league batters this season.
• Jac Caglianone’s 14 home runs lead all Kansas City hitters, and he’s slugging .457.
• Salvador Perez is batting .209 with an OBP of .249 and a slugging percentage of .347 this season.
• Perez takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out just 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.80 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• The Royals have a combined 1.441 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
• With 116 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Phillies, 15-1, with 13 strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.