Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/19/26

The New York Yankees will look to complete the sweep against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon after a dominating showing through the first 2 games of the series, outscoring Kansas City 17-6. On the mound for the Yankees will be left-hander Ryan Weathers, who is 0-2 with a 4.29 ERA through 4 starts this season. For the Royals, Cole Ragans will get the nod, who is 0-3 with a 3.78 ERA this year. 

Offensively, the Yankees have seemed to find their groove, hitting .245 over their last 7 games and showing consistent run production in this series. As for the Royals, they’re in a clear slump, batting just .207 over their last 6 games and failing to generate offense against this Yankees pitching staff. Weathers may not have performed well in his last start against the Angels, giving up back-to-back-to-back homers in the first inning, but after that minor hiccup, he settled down nicely and found a little bit more command with his pitches — striking out 10 in his start. This Royals team hasn’t shown anything in this series to make me trust them right now, and even though Weathers has struggled on the mound, I don’t expect the Royals to do too much offensively to pull away from New York. The Yankees are swinging the bats well in this series, and for that reason, I think they’ll continue seeing the ball well and complete the sweep over Kansas City. 

Royals vs Yankees prediction: New York Yankees ML (-150) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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