Royals vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - July 23, 2025

Royals at Cubs

6:20 pm • MARQ

Kansas City Royals

50-53

8 - 4

Chicago Cubs

60-42

pitcher		team	era	w-l
C.Rea			4.06	8-4
S.Lugo			2.95	7-5

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 50-53	+1.5	+1.5-134	o9.5-124	+148
Cubs 60-42	u10.5	-1.5+112	u9.5-103	-181

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Over 9.5-115

0.87u

CHC -160

CHC -1.5+125

KC +155

1.55u

Punch Back Dogs (***) Overall: 270-282-0,49% (ROI:24%) Season:40-34-0,54% (ROI:31%) Fade Public (***) Overall: 349-353-0,50% (ROI:16%) Season:23-22-0,51% (ROI:18%)

KC +144

2.88u

🔑 Royals ML +144 (FanDuel) 2u Sharp fade angle: 84% of bets & 86% of ML money on Cubs, yet line movement shows resistance – signals sharp money backing KC. Pitching edge: Seth Lugo owns a 2.94 ERA & 1.09 WHIP on the year, with an even better 2.51 ERA on the road. Royals bats have decent numbers vs Colin Rea. Momentum spot: KC smashed Game 1 (12‑4) and have been a strong road team, covering F5 and RL in over 30 of their last 39 away games. Value: At +144, the implied win probability is ~42% vs models projecting higher; shop around and you can even find +150+.

CHC -1.5+120

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Under 10.5-102

0.51u

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Under 10.5-102

0.51u

Bet to 10 (-105)

CHC -146

0.5u

CHC -140

1.4u

CHC -140

1.4u

KC +135

4.05u

CHC -142

0.71u

Bet to -150

CHC -142

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cubs are 26-24 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 28 of Cubs' 52 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	51-51	25-27	26-24	38-32	13-19
Royals	54-49	22-28	32-21	16-23	37-26

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	51-46-5	28-22-2	23-24-3	34-33-3	17-13-2
Royals	41-61-1	18-32	23-29-1	17-22	24-38-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	60-42	33-19	27-23	48-22	12-20
Royals	50-53	24-26	26-27	20-19	29-34

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jul 23rd	KC	W 6-0	-1.5 W	U 9	CHC -263
Jul 22nd	KC	L 4-12	-1.5 L	O 7.5	KC -154
Jul 20th	BOS	L 1-6	+1.5 L	O 6.5	BOS +115
Jul 19th	BOS	W 6-0	-1.5 W	U 9	CHC -155
Jul 18th	BOS	W 4-1	-1.5 W	U 7.5	CHC -139

Michael Lorenzen
SP
Michael Lorenzen (illness) has been scratched, Angel Zerpa will start Saturday,
Out
Kyle Wright
SP
Wright is out with shoulder
Out

Jameson Taillon
SP
Taillon is out with calf
Out
Justin Steele
SP
Steele is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Lugo, P	95	6	6	2
RS.Cruz, P	7	1	0	1
RJ.Schreiber, P	25	1	1	1
RL.Erceg, P	6	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1A.Frazier, 2B	1-5	1	0	0
1A.Frazier, 3B	1-5	1	0	0
2M.Garcia, SS	1-4	1	0	0
3V.Pasquantino, 1B	3-4	3	2	4
4S.Perez, DH	2-4	1	1	2
5J.Caglianone, RF	0-5	0	0	0
5M.Melendez, LF	0-0	0	0	0
6J.Rave, LF	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Rave, RF	0-4	0	0	0
7F.Fermin, C	0-4	0	0	0
8K.Isbel, CF	0-3	1	0	0
9T.Tolbert, 3B	1-3	1	1	2
9J.India, 2B	0-0	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RC.Rea, P	82	5	3	5
LD.Pomeranz, P	21	1	2	2
RR.Pressly, P	13	1	0	0
RB.Kriske, P	35	2	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Busch, 1B	1-3	1	0	0
2S.Suzuki, RF	0-4	0	0	0
3P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	1-4	1	1	1
4C.Kelly, DH	1-4	0	0	1
5I.Happ, LF	0-2	1	0	0
6D.Swanson, SS	1-3	0	0	0
7N.Hoerner, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
8R.McGuire, C	1-3	0	0	1
8J.Turner, PH	0-1	0	0	0
9M.Shaw, 3B	1-4	1	1	1