Major League Players Club MLB (8/12/23)

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7:10pm est: KC Royals ML +125 (3 Units)

Cole Ragans is dealing since joining the KC Royals via the Aroldis Chapman trade June 30th. He has a 1.02 ERA through 3 starts and 17.2 inning's pitched. He's struck out 22 batters and has only issued 4 walks. His most recent start was the most impressive. He went into Boston and allowed just 1 ER over 6.2 innings . He punched out 11 and allowed just 5 batters to reach base. The Boston Red Sox have the 3rd highest OPS when playing at Home.

He's developed a slider since arriving in Kansas City to use primarily against left handed batters and it's been nasty. He's thrown it 25 times in 2 August starts and has a 50% Whiff Rate and 50% Put Away Rate on it. The wOBA (weighted on base average) is .080 and the xwOBA (expected wOBA) is .064 per Statcast. He's thrown it to right handers 5 times and has 3 strikeouts too. The Cardinals also rank 15th vs LHP compared to 6th vs RHP.

The KC Royals offense has been hot for quite some time now. They're hitting .288 with an .827 OPS in the Month of August while averaging 5.7 Runs and 1.5 Homeruns per game. They've also hit better against Lefties this season.