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Cubs vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - August 8, 2026

Cubs at Royals

11:10 pm • ROYL

Chicago Cubs

67-49
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Kansas City Royals

48-68
Starting Pitchers
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Seth Lugo logoS.LugoKansas City Royals logo4.414-7
Clay Holmes logoC.HolmesChicago Cubs logo2.394-4

Cubs at Royals Odds

Spread, Total, Moneyline

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cubs
67-49
N/A
N/A
N/A
Royals
48-68
N/A
N/A
N/A
location pinSaturday 11:10 p.m.
August 08, 2026
Kauffman StadiumKansas City
thermometer image90°Fahrenheit
rain image52%Rain
wind image7Wind

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Cubs vs. Royals Public Betting Percentages

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Cubs

Public

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Royals

50%

Bets%

50%

Money%

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Betting Trends

  • Royals are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
  • Royals are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
  • Royals are 26-34 in their road games against the spread
  • The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Royals' last 5 games
  • The totals have gone OVER in 27 of Royals' 56 last games at home

Matchup History

Against the Spread (ATS) History

overallhomeawayfavoriteunderdog
Royals		52-6426-3026-3414-2537-39
Cubs		56-6026-3330-2733-4223-17

Over/Under History

overallhome o/uaway o/ufavorite o/uunderdog o/u
Royals		52-62-227-28-125-34-122-1730-44-2
Cubs		61-5531-2830-2739-3622-18

Straight-Up (ML) History

overallhomeawayfavoriteunderdog
Royals		48-6828-2820-4018-2129-47
Cubs		67-4935-2432-2544-3122-18

Last 5 Matchups

dateopponentscorespreadover/undermoneyline
Aug 6thMINL 3-4-1.5 LU 8.5MIN -126
Aug 5thMINW 2-1-1.5 LU 8.5KC -114
Aug 4thMINW 8-2+1.5 WO 9KC +127
Aug 2nd@COLL 1-8+1.5 LU 11.5COL +110
Aug 2nd@COLL 6-12+1.5 LO 11.5COL +112

Royals vs. Cubs Injury Updates

Royals Injuries

    Cubs Injuries

    • Tyler Austin
      1B

      Austin is out with knee

      Out

    • Justin Steele
      SP

      Steele is out with elbow

      Out

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    Cubs vs. Royals Starting Lineups
    Cubs Starting Lineup
    Projected
    HITTERSAVGOBPSLGHR
    Pete Crow-Armstrong logo1P.Crow-Armstrong, CF.289.386.55026
    Seiya Suzuki logo2S.Suzuki, DH.270.364.47619
    Michael Busch logo3M.Busch, 1B.241.352.39014
    Alex Bregman logo4A.Bregman, 3B.248.338.38412
    Ian Happ logo5I.Happ, LF.211.323.40418
    Nico Hoerner logo6N.Hoerner, 2B.260.321.3637
    Michael Conforto logo7M.Conforto, RF.227.323.4489
    Carson Kelly logo8C.Kelly, C.265.352.3817
    Dansby Swanson logo9D.Swanson, SS.217.294.40617
    Royals Starting Lineup
    Projected
    HITTERSAVGOBPSLGHR
    Carter Jensen logo1C.Jensen, C.228.301.41515
    Bobby Witt logo2B.Witt, SS.286.356.45713
    Jac Caglianone logo3J.Caglianone, 1B.254.309.45318
    Salvador Perez logo4S.Perez, DH.215.263.37616
    Michael Massey logo5M.Massey, 2B.263.297.4269
    Isaac Collins logo6I.Collins, LF.238.337.3666
    John Rave logo7J.Rave, RF.263.333.5792
    Josh Rojas logo8J.Rojas, 3B.234.269.3281
    Kyle Isbel logo9K.Isbel, CF.243.293.3473

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    Cubs at Royals Team Totals

    MatchupOverUnder
    Cubs
    67-49
    N/A
    N/A
    Royals
    48-68
    N/A
    N/A