Royals vs. Yankees Odds & Betting Predictions - April 17, 2026

Royals at Yankees

11:05 pm • YES

Kansas City Royals

New York Yankees

pitcher		team	era	w-l
C.Schlittler			2.49	2-1
M.Wacha			0.43	2-0

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 7-12	+1.5	+1.5-141	o8-115	+154
Yankees 10-9	u8.5	-1.5+119	u8-105	-190

Friday 11:05 p.m.

April 17, 2026

Yankee StadiumBronx

73°Fahrenheit

0%Rain

8Wind

Under 8.5-110

1.1u

KC +160

Under 8.5-112

1.12u

(DK) More neutral weather (wind may even be belowing in) - See notes on NYY F5, but Wacha estimators < 4 too - KCR 52/87/50 wRC+ Rd/v RHP/L7 days - both proj. def LU exactly +29 FRV LY each - KCR pen scary, but NYY FIP/xFIP/SIERA close to top of league so far

NYY -170 (F5)

1.7u

(B365) Schlittler 2.49 ERA & dERA, all other est < 2 (0.53 FIP!) - NYY proj LU 21 pt wRC+ edge v RHP since LY

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MLB Public Betting

Yankees are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Yankees are 0-5 in their last 5 games against the spread
Yankees are 5-4 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Yankees' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 5 of Yankees' 10 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Yankees	8-11	3-7	5-4	7-11	1-0
Royals	8-11	5-5	3-6	5-7	3-4

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Yankees	8-9-2	5-4-1	3-5-1	7-9-2	1-0
Royals	6-13	4-6	2-7	5-7	1-6

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Yankees	10-9	5-5	5-4	9-9	1-0
Royals	7-12	5-5	2-7	5-7	2-5

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 16th	LAA	L 4-11	-1.5 L	O 10	LAA -306
Apr 15th	LAA	W 5-4	-1.5 L	U 11	NYY -192
Apr 14th	LAA	L 1-7	-1.5 L	U 9	LAA -180
Apr 13th	LAA	W 11-10	-1.5 L	O 9.5	NYY -187
Apr 12th	@TB	L 4-5	-1.5 L	O 7.5	TB -145

Carlos Rodon
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Rodon is out with elbow
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Gerrit Cole
SP
Cole is out with elbow
Out
Clarke Schmidt
SP
Schmidt is out with elbow
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Anthony Volpe
SS
Volpe is out with shoulder
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PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RM.Wacha, P		2-0	0.43	0.714	7.29

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1M.Garcia, 3B	.267	.333	.413	2
2B.Witt, SS	.278	.361	.347	0
3V.Pasquantino, 1B	.155	.244	.239	1
4S.Perez, C	.169	.221	.324	3
5C.Jensen, DH	.222	.259	.463	4
6J.India, 2B	.174	.321	.326	2
7J.Caglianone, RF	.273	.355	.382	0
8M.Massey, LF	.214	.267	.286	0
9K.Isbel, CF	.295	.367	.455	2

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RC.Schlittler, P		2-1	2.49	0.739	12.46

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1T.Grisham, CF	.155	.319	.310	2
2B.Rice, 1B	.327	.457	.709	5
3A.Judge, RF	.236	.321	.597	8
4C.Bellinger, LF	.246	.346	.354	1
5G.Stanton, DH	.273	.333	.409	2
6J.Chisholm, 2B	.179	.257	.254	0
7A.Wells, C	.191	.333	.277	1
8J.Caballero, SS	.222	.269	.333	1
9R.McMahon, 3B	.119	.260	.119	0