Athletics vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - August 17, 2026

Athletics at Royals

11:40 pm • NBCS-CA
5 - 9
Starting Pitchers
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Michael Wacha logoM.WachaKansas City Royals logo3.329-10
Mason Barnett logoM.BarnettAthletics logo7.021-4

Athletics at Royals Odds

Spread, Total, Moneyline

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Athletics
0-0
+1.5
+1.5-127
o9-123
+166
Royals
0-0
u9.5
-1.5+108
u9-102
-180
location pinMonday 11:40 p.m.
August 17, 2026
Kauffman StadiumKansas City
Athletics vs. Royals Expert Picks
Scott Rickenbach
Scott Rickenbach
Last 30d: 83-88-2 (-16.0u)
Over 4.5 (F5)-130
0.77u
Frank Ammirante
Frank Ammirante
Last 30d: 106-113-2 (-15.7u)
Under 9-110
1.1u
Alex Hinton
Alex Hinton
Last 30d: 74-89-4 (-12.5u)
J.Caglianone o1.5 Total Bases-105
0.95u
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Last 30d: 57-131-2 (-16.6u)
Under 9.5-122
1u
Doug Ziefel
Doug Ziefel
Last 30d: 331-393-9 (+3.2u)
Over 8.5-125
0.5u
Sean Zerillo
Sean Zerillo
Last 30d: 89-109-3 (-6.4u)
Under 9.5-122
0.61u
Bet to 9 (-115)
Matt Trollo
Matt Trollo
Last 30d: 29-36-2 (-1.3u)
M.Wacha u4.5 Ks+102
0.51u
(FD) 19.1 K% (9 SwStr%) season, 16.8% (8.3%) L30 days. Only 3 in ATH proj. LU (BARTOLO) > 20 K% vs RHP (Butler, Gelof, Bolte). Proj. Wacha 25 BF. First 25 in ATH LU avg 18.2 K% vs RHP. No ump yet, but park suppresses Ks 10%.

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Athletics vs. Royals Public Betting Percentages

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Athletics

Public

21%

Bets%

79%

Money%

Matchup History

Against the Spread (ATS) History

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Royals
76-8640-4136-4522-2950-57
Athletics
78-8435-4643-3814-1963-64

Over/Under History

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Royals
73-86-340-40-133-46-227-2445-59-3
Athletics
84-74-449-30-235-44-216-15-267-58-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

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Royals
69-9341-4028-5326-2540-67
Athletics
64-9832-4932-4915-1848-79

Last 5 Matchups

dateopponentscorespreadover/undermoneyline
Aug 16th@LAAW 3-0-1.5 WU 8.5KC -120
Aug 16th@LAAL 0-1+1.5 WU 8LAA +144
Aug 15th@LAAW 7-6-1.5 LO 8.5KC -105
Aug 13th@LADL 2-4+1.5 LU 9LAD +200
Aug 12th@LADL 4-5+1.5 WO 8.5LAD +245

Royals vs. Athletics Injury Updates

Royals Injuries

  • Anthony Gose
    RP

    Gose is out with arm

    Out

Athletics Injuries

  • Gunnar Hoglund
    SP

    Hoglund is out with back

    Out

  • Drew Rom
    SP

    Rom is out with biceps

    Out

  • Alika Williams
    SS

    Alika Williams has been scratched Thursday.

    Out

Athletics vs. Royals Box Score
Athletics Player Stats
Projected
PITCHERPCIPKER
Mason Barnett logoRM.Barnett, P832.226
Hayden Juenger logoRH.Juenger, P212.100
Scott Blewett logoRS.Blewett, P28231
Seth Johnson logoRS.Johnson, P15112
HITTERSH-ABRHRRBI
Jeff McNeil logo1J.McNeil, 1B1-4111
Henry Bolte logo2H.Bolte, CF1-3000
Lawrence Butler logo3L.Butler, RF1-3000
Zack Gelof logo4Z.Gelof, DH1-4000
Carlos Cortes logo5C.Cortes, LF1-4100
Tommy White logo6T.White, 3B1-3111
Donovan Walton logo7D.Walton, 2B1-3100
Alika Williams logo8A.Williams, SS0-3000
Jonah Heim logo8J.Heim, PH0-1000
Brian Serven logo9B.Serven, C1-4112
Royals Player Stats
Projected
PITCHERPCIPKER
Michael Wacha logoRM.Wacha, P79534
Connor Thomas logoLC.Thomas, P11110
John Schreiber logoRJ.Schreiber, P9100
Nate Pearson logoRN.Pearson, P18100
Lucas Erceg logoRL.Erceg, P14001
Steven Cruz logoRS.Cruz, P8100
HITTERSH-ABRHRRBI
Carter Jensen logo1C.Jensen, C1-5100
Bobby Witt logo2B.Witt, SS3-4413
Jac Caglianone logo3J.Caglianone, RF3-5102
Maikel Garcia logo4M.Garcia, 3B2-5101
Vinnie Pasquantino logo5V.Pasquantino, 1B1-4000
Salvador Perez logo6S.Perez, DH1-3002
Michael Massey logo7M.Massey, 2B1-3100
Isaac Collins logo8I.Collins, LF0-3000
Kyle Isbel logo9K.Isbel, CF1-3101

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Athletics at Royals Team Totals

MatchupOverUnder
Athletics
0-0
N/A
N/A
Royals
0-0
N/A
N/A