This is a 5* BIG-CHALK CHOKE-OUT on the Kansas City Royals.

One of the biggest pitching mismatches on the board makes us confident in laying this larger price, we fully expect Royals' ace Johnny Cueto to outduel his lowly counterpart. The visitors hand the ball to Matt Boyd (1-2, 7.90 ERA) who was destroyed in his first start in the bigs vs. the Tigers, only to then rebound with a decent effort in his second start against the Royals on Wednesday, giving up one run over seven innings in the victory. With the win Boyd dropped his ERA from 14.85 to 7.90, but there's no question that the book is still out on this guy and he certainly draws a tough matchup throwing opposite Cueto (7-7, 2.69 ERA) who will be out to avenge the setback vs. Boyd last week; note that Cueto was equally as impressive by giving up two earned runs off five hits over seven innings of work. Cueto has to be feeling pretty confident that he'll get his revenge today as he's 3-1 with a tiny 1.86 ERA in all home contests this year. We're giving Cueto the big nod on this matchup and thats more than enough to tip the scales in our favor, play on the ROYALS.

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