Reds vs Royals Picks and Prediction – 5/27/2025

The Cincinnati Reds play the second game of a three-game series on the road Tuesday versus the Kansas City Royals. Cincinnati is 26-28 following an 11-8 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Cincinnati lost two out of three to the Cubs over the weekend and has lost four of the last five. Cincinnati trails first-place Chicago in the National League Central by 6 ½ games. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our MLB previews.

Gavin Lux is batting .289 to lead Cincinnati and has a team-high .379 on-base percentage. Elly De La Cruz is the leader in home runs with nine and in RBI with 38. TJ Friedl is the leader in hits with 55. Cincinnati is batting .245 with a .394 slugging percentage. On Tuesday, Cincinnati will send Brady Singer to the mound. The right-hander is 5-3 with a 4.88 ERA, 46 Ks, and 22 BBs.

The Kansas City Royals improved to 29-25 following Sunday’s 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Kansas City's Maikel Garcia had an RBI-single with two outs in the 10th inning to help lead the Royals to the victory and avoid a serious sweep after losing each of the first two games of the series. Kansas City is fourth in the American League Central, five games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

Maikel Garcia is batting .311 with a .376 on-base percentage to lead Kansas City in both categories. Vinnie Pasquantino is the leader in home runs with eight and RBI with 30. Bobby Witt Jr is the leader in hits with 63. Kansas City has a .246 batting average with a .363 slugging percentage. Kansas City has not announced its starting pitcher for Tuesday’s game at home versus Cincinnati.

The Kansas City Royals will pick up a victory at home on Tuesday in the second game of their three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in 10 of Cincinnati's last 13, six of Kansas City's last eight, four of Kansas City's last five versus an opponent from the National League, and in 13 of Kansas City's last 19 versus Cincinnati. Final Score Prediction: Kansas City Royals win but our best play is UNDER 4-2.