Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Kansas City RoyalsKC

2–4

Final

New York YankeesNYY

Yankee Stadium

Team Season Averages

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 4 of 18

New York YankeesLeads 14 of 18

Batting

3.42Runs per game4.53
0.222Batting average0.214
0.304On-base percentage0.314
0.346Slugging percentage0.381
0.650OPS0.695
0.79Home runs per game1.21
7.11Hits per game6.95
15Home runs23
16Stolen bases25

Pitching

4.08ERA3.68
1.32WHIP1.22
8.78Strikeouts per nine9.10
4.03Walks per nine2.89
3.95Runs allowed per game3.63
0.237Opponent batting average0.236
161Pitching strikeouts170
10Quality starts6
7Saves5

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (NYY)	Total	KC ML	NYY ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	8	+149	-181
FFanDuel	-1.5	8	+144	-172
BBetMGM	-1.5	8	+154	-185
CCaesars	-1.5	8	+150	-178
BBetOnline	-1.5	8	+149	-165
BBetRivers	-1.5	8	+145	-182
BBetus	-1.5	8	+150	-170
BBovada	-1.5	8	+146	-178
FFanatics	-1.5	8	+155	-185
LLowVig	-1.5	8	+149	-165
MMyBookie	-1.5	8	+150	-179

Game Information

Yankee Stadium

Stadium

Apr 17, 2026

7:05 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

Starters

NYY

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
KC	26th	11th
NYY	13th	8th

Matchup

KCNYY

7-12Record10-9
36.8%Win %52.6%
5-5Home record5-5
2-7Road record5-4
3-7Last 103-7
-4Streak-1
-14Run diff+10
5-8Division0-3
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
NYY	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	—	4

Team Stats

KCStatNYY

2Runs4
4Hits5
0Errors2
1Home runs2
2RBI4
0Stolen bases2
10K (bat)8
8K (pit)10
5BB (pit)3

Player Stats

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Lane ThomasRF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone1B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	1	2	1	2	0
Maikel Garcia3B	3	1	0	0	0	1
Kyle IsbelCF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carter JensenC	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jonathan India2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Massey2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Starling MarteRF	1	0	0	0	0	0

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Michael WachaSP	6.0	3	2	2	3	6
Alex LangeRP	1.0	2	2	2	0	2
Eli MorganRP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0

NYY — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Ben Rice1B	4	2	2	1	2	0
Trent GrishamCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cody BellingerCF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Giancarlo StantonDH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron JudgeCF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Amed RosarioRF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Austin WellsC	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose CaballeroSS	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jazz Chisholm Jr.3B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan McMahon3B	1	1	1	1	2	0

NYY — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Cam SchlittlerSP	6.0	3	1	0	2	6
Camilo DovalRP	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
David BednarRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
Brent HeadrickRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

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Player props

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Aaron Judge
Home Runs: 2/20 over · last line 0.5
Aaron Judge Home Runs props Aaron Judge Walks props Aaron Judge Hits props
Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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Cam Schlittler
Hits Allowed: 6/18 over · last line 4.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Spencer Jones
Hits: 10/18 over · last line 0.5
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Max Fried
Strikeouts: 8/17 over · last line 4.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Anthony Volpe
Walks: 2/16 over · last line 0.5
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Gerrit Cole
Hits Allowed: 8/15 over · last line 5.5
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Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in this MLB game at Yankee Stadium on Friday, April 17, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

Team pages: Kansas City Royals · New York Yankees

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Odds

DraftKings lists the New York Yankees at NYY -1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 8. Moneylines are Kansas City Royals +149 and New York Yankees -181. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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