{"id":2430916,"date":"2026-05-25T03:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2430916"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:21:58","slug":"yankees-vs-royals-prediction-odds-moneyline-spread-over-under-for-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/yankees-vs-royals-prediction-odds-moneyline-spread-over-under-for-may-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees vs Royals Prediction, Odds, Moneyline, Spread &#038; Over\/Under for May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Odds updated as of 11:12 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The MLB slate on Monday includes the New York Yankees taking on the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to know before checking out <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/mlb\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">today&#8217;s MLB odds and spreads<\/a> on FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>New York Yankees (31-22) vs. Kansas City Royals (22-31)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday, May 25, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:40 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Kauffman Stadium &#8212; Kansas City, Missouri<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coverage:<\/strong> ESPN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>All <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/mlb\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moneyline:<\/strong> NYY: (-148) | KC: (+126)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread:<\/strong> NYY: -1.5 (+112) | KC: +1.5 (-134)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total:<\/strong> 9 &#8212; Over: (-115) | Under: (-105)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/teams\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/odds\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Yankees<\/a> vs <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/teams\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/odds\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Royals<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Probable Pitchers:<\/strong> Will Warren (Yankees) &#8211; 6-1, 3.61 ERA vs Michael Wacha (Royals) &#8211; 4-2, 2.70 ERA<\/p>\n<p>The probable starters are Will Warren (6-1) for the Yankees and Michael Wacha (4-2) for the Royals. Warren&#8217;s team is 6-4-0 against the spread this season in his starts. Warren&#8217;s team has been victorious in 80% of the games he&#8217;s started as the moneyline favorite with a record of 8-2. The Royals are 5-5-0 ATS in Wacha&#8217;s 10 starts with a set spread. The Royals are 1-4 in Wacha&#8217;s five starts this season that they were the moneyline underdog.<\/p>\n<p><em>All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numberfire.com\/mlb\/games\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">numberFire<\/a>.<\/em><br \/><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Yankees win (67.8%)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>Kansas City is a +126 underdog on the moneyline, while New York is a -148 favorite on the road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>The Yankees are favored by 1.5 runs on the road versus the Royals. The Yankees are +112 to cover the spread, while the Royals are -134.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>A total of 9 runs has been set for the Yankees-Royals game on May 25, with the over available at -115 and the under at -105.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/promotions\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Bet on New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>The Yankees have won in 28, or 60.9%, of the 46 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.<\/li>\n<li>This season New York has been victorious 17 times in 26 chances when named as a favorite of at least -148 on the moneyline.<\/li>\n<li>The Yankees and their opponents have hit the over in 21 of their 50 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.<\/li>\n<li>In 50 games with a line this season, the Yankees have a mark of 25-25-0 against the spread.<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have compiled a 10-15 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 40% of those games).<\/li>\n<li>In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +126 or longer, Kansas City has gone 1-2 (33.3%).<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have played in 50 games with an over\/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 22 times (22-28-0).<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have a 22-28-0 record ATS this season (covering 44% of the time).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/teams\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/odds\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Yankees<\/a> Player Leaders<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>Cody Bellinger leads New York with an OBP of .381, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .473. He&#8217;s batting .274 on the season.<\/li>\n<li>Among qualified hitters in baseball, his batting average ranks 44th, his on-base percentage ranks 20th, and he is 36th in slugging.<\/li>\n<li>Bellinger hopes to build on a two-game hitting streak in this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .313 with two doubles and three walks.<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Judge is batting .250 with eight doubles, 17 home runs and 38 walks. He&#8217;s slugging .557 with an on-base percentage of .379.<\/li>\n<li>Among qualifying batters, his batting average places him 83rd, his on-base percentage 22nd, and his slugging percentage seventh.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Rice has 48 hits and is batting .282 this season.<\/li>\n<li>Trent Grisham has been key for New York with 32 hits, an OBP of .321 plus a slugging percentage of .374.<\/li>\n<li>Grisham has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .583 with three doubles and three walks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/teams\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/odds\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Royals<\/a> Player Leaders<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li>Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up an on-base percentage of .362, a slugging percentage of .471, and has 62 hits, all club-bests for the Royals (while batting .295).<\/li>\n<li>He is 19th in batting average, 39th in on-base percentage and 38th in slugging percentage among all qualifying batters in the majors.<\/li>\n<li>Maikel Garcia is batting .263 with 14 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 19 walks. He&#8217;s slugging .385 with an on-base percentage of .323.<\/li>\n<li>He is currently 61st in batting average, 88th in on-base percentage and 98th in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters.<\/li>\n<li>Vinnie Pasquantino is batting .199 with five doubles, two triples, five home runs and 23 walks.<\/li>\n<li>Salvador Perez is hitting .213 with five doubles, eight home runs and nine walks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"List_list___H7BQ List_bullet__1jerc\">\n<li><strong>4\/18\/2026:<\/strong> 13-4 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -162, Underdog Moneyline: +136)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4\/17\/2026:<\/strong> 4-2 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -172, Underdog Moneyline: +144)<\/li>\n<li><strong>6\/12\/2025:<\/strong> 1-0 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -130, Underdog Moneyline: +110)<\/li>\n<li><strong>6\/11\/2025:<\/strong> 6-3 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -130, Underdog Moneyline: +110)<\/li>\n<li><strong>6\/10\/2025:<\/strong> 10-2 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -200, Underdog Moneyline: +168)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4\/16\/2025:<\/strong> 4-3 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -156, Underdog Moneyline: +132)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4\/15\/2025:<\/strong> 4-2 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -245, Underdog Moneyline: +200)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4\/14\/2025:<\/strong> 4-1 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -138, Underdog Moneyline: +118)<\/li>\n<li><strong>10\/10\/2024:<\/strong> 3-1 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -152, Underdog Moneyline: +128)<\/li>\n<li><strong>10\/9\/2024:<\/strong> 3-2 NYY (Favorite: Yankees, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -118, Underdog Moneyline: -100)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sign up for <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/172462;7577239;369307;211;0\/?ft_width=1&amp;ft_height=1&amp;gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D&amp;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_78%7D&amp;us_privacy=$%7BUS_PRIVACY%7D&amp;url=36820660\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link_link__fHWk6\" href=\"https:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/270261;9559798;369307;211;0\/?gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D&amp;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_78%7D&amp;us_privacy=$%7BUS_PRIVACY%7D&amp;force_transparent=true&amp;url=https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/contests\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer\">FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.fanduel.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odds updated as of 11:12 p.m. The MLB slate on Monday includes the New York Yankees taking on the Kansas City Royals. Here&#8217;s what you need to know before checking out today&#8217;s MLB odds and spreads on FanDuel Sportsbook. New York Yankees (31-22) vs. Kansas City Royals (22-31) Date: Monday, May 25, 2026 Time: 3:40 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2379446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2430916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yankees-vs-Royals-Prediction-Odds-Moneyline-Spread-OverUnder-for.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430917,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430916\/revisions\/2430917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}