Royals Vs. Angels Odds And Picks Price On Favorite Drops

Here are series and futures odds, picks, trends and props from The Linemakers on Sporting News.

ALDS - Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Series Price: Angels -180/+160 (South Point, opened -200) Season Series: Tied 3-3 AL Pennant odds: Angels 9/5, Royals 5/1 World Series odds: Angels 9/2, Royals 10/1

Series lean: The Linemakers’ Kenny White likes the Angels to advance easily through this stage, and their price is dropping, while Micah Roberts – based on the fantastic Septembers by Yordano Ventura, Jeremy Guthrie and James Shields – isn’t so sure. However, Roberts still has the Angels advancing to the World Series, which currently pays 9-to-5 odds.

Game 1, Thursday: Jason Vargas (11-10, 3.85 ERA) vs. Jered Weaver (18-9, 3.59) Game 2, Friday: Yordano Ventura (14-10, 3.20) vs. Matt Shoemaker (16-4, 3.04) Game 3, Sunday: C.J. Wilson (13-10, 4.51) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (tentatively)

Royals/Angels trends: – Royals were 44-35 playing against winning teams for +6.9 unit profit margin. – Royals were 1-6 when playing as road dog from +150 to +175 for -4.4 units. – Angels were 36-38 playing against winning teams for -4.4 unit loss. – Angels were 52-29 playing at home for +11.8 units of profit.

Game 1 Linemakers lean: This is a bad spot for Jason Vargas. In September, he fooled no one, as his 6.57 ERA attests. Kansas City lost his final four starts, and he was the weak link to a postseason bid. His resume is also muddied by two starts against the Angels this season, where he gave up seven runs over 10 1/3 innings. Weaver should get the win here.

Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels, Game 1 props, SuperBook

Total Strikeouts thrown by: Jason Vargas (KC) Over 4.5 EVEN Under 4.5 -120

Will Jason Vargas (KC) allow a Home Run? Yes -110 No -110

Total Strikeouts thrown by: Jered Weaver (LAA) Over 5.0 EVEN Under 5.0 -120

Will Jered Weaver (LAA) allow a Home Run? Yes EVEN No -120

Most Total Bases (Single=1, Double=2, Triple=3, Home Run=4, All else=0) Eric Hosmer (KC) +120 Albert Pujols (LAA) -140

Total Runs+Hits+Errors by: Royals+Angels Over 26.5 -110 Under 26.5 -110

NOTES: Players must start for action; No parlays; game must go at least 8.5 or 9 innings for action