{"id":76818,"date":"2023-05-16T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/2023\/05\/16\/san-diego-padres-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-may-16\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T18:00:29","slug":"san-diego-padres-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/05\/16\/san-diego-padres-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-may-16\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Padres vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Betting Preview | May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span data-dsid-content=\"ct14-nid11622-qid6375-syid7413-mid809405\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Royals (12-31) take a four-game losing streak into a home contest against the San Diego Padres (20-22) on Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET. The Padres are favored (-199) to hand the underdog Royals (+168) another loss. Seth Lugo gets the starting nod for San Diego, and Brady Singer is Kansas City&#8217;s pick to start.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to get your parents, spouse, co-workers, third cousin and mailman together again. MLB pools are back! Hit your own home run with RunYourPool today.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#0034ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.articles.runyourpool.com\/baseball-pools.cfm?source=ds&amp;effort=4200\">Start here &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Game Info, Betting Lines for Padres vs. Royals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Game Day:<\/strong> Tuesday, May 16, 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Game Time:<\/strong> 9:40 PM ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> San Diego, California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stadium:<\/strong> PETCO Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<caption>Padres vs Royals Betting Information<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite Moneyline<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Padres<\/td>\n<td>-199<\/td>\n<td>8.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How Do I Watch the Padres vs. the Royals?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TV Channel:<\/strong> BSSD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Padres Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Padres Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Padres average 1.1 home runs per game to rank 15th in MLB play with 45 total home runs.<\/li>\n<li>San Diego has the worst batting average in MLB (.224).<\/li>\n<li>The Padres are 20th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .313.<\/li>\n<li>San Diego&#8217;s 8.9 strikeouts per game rank 20th in baseball.<\/li>\n<li>The Padres have hit 26 homers at home this season (1.2 per game).<\/li>\n<li>San Diego is slugging .416 with 3.1 extra-base hits per game at home.<\/li>\n<li>At home this season the club averages 8.1 hits per game and is batting .247.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Padres Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Juan Soto leads San Diego with 37 hits and an OBP of .405 this season. He has a .252 batting average and a slugging percentage of .476.<\/li>\n<li>Among all qualifying hitters in the majors, he is 96th in batting average, 10th in on-base percentage, and 51st in slugging.<\/li>\n<li>Xander Bogaerts has hit six homers this season while driving in 15 runs. He&#8217;s batting .268 this season and slugging .431 with an on-base percentage of .365.<\/li>\n<li>His batting average ranks 66th among qualified players, his on-base percentage 37th, and his slugging percentage 76th.<\/li>\n<li>Bogaerts brings a four-game streak with at least one hit into this one. During his last five outings he is hitting .235 with two doubles and two walks.<\/li>\n<li>Manny Machado has 36 hits this season and has a slash line of .231\/.282\/.372.<\/li>\n<li>Jake Cronenworth is batting .210 with a .324 OBP and 14 RBI for San Diego this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Royals Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Royals Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Royals rank 20th in Major League Baseball with 43 home runs.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City ranks 23rd in MLB with a .233 team batting average.<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have an OBP of just .297 this season, which ranks 29th in MLB.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City ranks 23rd with an average of 8.8 strikeouts per game.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve hit 18 homers, an average of 0.9 per game, in 20 road contests this season.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City is slugging .371 in 20 road games this season.<\/li>\n<li>In 20 road games this season, they have a batting average of .230 while averaging 7.8 base hits per contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Royals Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Vinnie Pasquantino has put up a .359 on-base percentage and a .481 slugging percentage, both team-high numbers for the Royals. He&#8217;s batting .269.<\/li>\n<li>Including all the qualifying hitters in the majors, he ranks 64th in batting average, 43rd in on-base percentage and 48th in slugging percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .229 with seven doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 10 walks. 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