Royals vs Tigers Picks and Prediction – 4/20/2025

The Kansas City Royals will complete a four-game series on the road Sunday versus the Detroit Tigers. The Royals are 8-13 following a 7-3 loss to Detroit on Saturday. Kansas City has lost each of the first two games of this season to Detroit. The Royals have lost five straight and trail the first-place Tigers in the American League Central by 4 ½ games. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our MLB predictions.

Bobby Witt Jr is batting .312 to lead Kansas City and has team highs in hits with 25 and on-base percentage at .385. Salvador Perez is the leader in home runs with two, and Vinnie Pasquantino is the leader in RBI with 13. Kansas City is batting .210 with a .308 slugging percentage. On Sunday, the Royals will send Michael Wacha to the mound. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 4.35 ERA, 15 Ks, and 10 BBs.

The Detroit Tigers improved to 12-8 following Friday’s four-run victory over the Kansas City Royals. Tomas Nido and Andy Ibanez each hit solo home runs for the Tigers. Jackson Jobe threw five solid innings for Detroit. The Tigers have won two straight and hold a 1 ½-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians at the top of the American League Central.

Kerry Carpenter is batting .292 to lead Detroit. Spencer Torkelson leads Detroit in home runs with six, RBI with 18, hits with 21, and on-base percentage with .386. Detroit is batting .248 with a slugging percentage of .398. On Sunday, the Detroit Tigers will send Tarik Skubal to the mound. The left-hander is 2-2 with a 2.66 ERA, 25 Ks, and 4 BBs.

Detroit will win on Sunday when hosting Kansas City, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in five of Kansas City's last six, and five of Detroit's last six. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha was hit hard last time out, allowing three runs on four hits across 5.2 innings. After two poor starts to open the season, Detroit starter Tarik Skubal has had two consecutive strong outings, allowing no runs on eight hits across 13 Innings with 15 strikeouts and no walks. Final Score Prediction: Detroit Tigers win but our best play is UNDER 4-1.