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Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

MLB April 18, 2026 05:35 PM ET
Ω OMEGA PICK
64% Sharp Lean
64% Sharp Lean
SPREAD
Kansas City Royals
2.2
OMEGA spread vs market -2.2 + MC even margin (-0.0) = Royals cover +2.2 in 54% sims
Ω Bottom Line
Royals +153 ML +36.6 EV: Omega even vs -2.2 market shade, extreme whales + Yankees injuries -11%

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SPREAD
Kansas City Royals
Line: 2.2
64%
OMEGA spread vs market -2.2 + MC even margin (-0.0) = Royals cover +2.2 in 54% sims
MONEYLINE
Kansas City Royals
66%
calibrated edge -11% favoring Royals + model 46.2% away win vs market 35.1%
TOTAL
under
Line: 8.5
59%
MC under 72.8% at 24.0 total vs market 8.5; historical totals losing WR

Game Analysis

Omega ML juices Royals -188 (34.7% Yankees implied) but MC 50.8% Yankees win +0.6 margin edge in 10k sims; whales $171k extreme on Royals contradict (-4 conf). MC under 24.0 hits 75.7% (proj 20.4 total) w/HIGH edge conf but totals 48.7% historical WR caps at lean. Injuries hit Yankees harder (-11% vs -7.8%) but model sees regression value home.

Correlated Player Props

PROP ALERT
Aaron Judge New York Yankees
Under 0.5 home_runs 58%
Model projection 0.3 HR; injuries cascade reduces opps
PROP ALERT
Aaron Judge New York Yankees
Under 1.5 hits 57%
Season leader but even matchup vs Royals staff
PROP ALERT
Ben Rice New York Yankees
Over 1.5 total_bases 56%
Leading .327 avg; projection 1.7 bases
PROP ALERT
Will Warren New York Yankees
Over 5.5 strikeouts 59%
2.45 ERA leader; Royals K-prone
PROP ALERT
Max Fried New York Yankees
Under 6.0 strikeouts 55%
2 wins; even projection vs Royals
PROP ALERT
Bobby Witt Jr. Kansas City Royals
Over 1.5 hits 60%
.278 avg leader; Yankees injuries boost usage
PROP ALERT
Carter Jensen Kansas City Royals
Under 0.5 home_runs 57%
4 HR season; projection 0.2
PROP ALERT
Carter Jensen Kansas City Royals
Under 0.5 rbis 58%
10 RBI; low projection 0.6
PROP ALERT
Michael Wacha Kansas City Royals
Over 4.5 strikeouts 59%
0.43 ERA; Yankees weakened lineup
PROP ALERT
Cam Schlittler New York Yankees
Under 0.5 hits 56%
30? leader but low projection
PROP ALERT
Bobby Witt Jr. Kansas City Royals
Over 1.5 total_bases 60%
High usage star vs injured Yankees
PROP ALERT
Aaron Judge New York Yankees
Over 0.5 rbis 55%
14 RBI leader; projection 0.7
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