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Fox Sports
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Royals visit the Cubs to start 3-game series
Associated Press Kansas City Royals (48-52, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago Cubs (59-40, first in the NL Central) Chicago; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (3-4, 2.31 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 58 strikeouts); Cubs: Ryan Brasier (0-0, 1.04 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 14 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -140, Royals +118; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs host the Kansas City Royals to begin a three-game series. Chicago has a 59-40 record overall and a 32-17 record in home games. The Cubs are third in MLB play with 148 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game. Kansas City has a 24-26 record in road games and a 48-52 record overall. The Royals are 18-42 in games when they have given up a home run. The teams meet Monday for the first time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs with 26 home runs while slugging .545. Nico Hoerner is 13 for 38 with a double, two triples and four RBIs over the last 10 games. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 15 home runs while slugging .444. Bobby Witt Jr. is 10 for 39 with three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 6-4, .251 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs Royals: 6-4, .256 batting average, 3.23 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs INJURIES: Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (calf), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (oblique), Eli Morgan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Javier Assad: 60-Day IL (oblique), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow) Royals: Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (oblique), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Mark Canha: 10-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Lynch: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Hunter Harvey: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. recommended Item 1 of 1
Winnipeg Free Press
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Royals visit the Cubs to start 3-game series
Kansas City Royals (48-52, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago Cubs (59-40, first in the NL Central) Chicago; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (3-4, 2.31 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 58 strikeouts); Cubs: Ryan Brasier (0-0, 1.04 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 14 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -140, Royals +118; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs host the Kansas City Royals to begin a three-game series. Chicago has a 59-40 record overall and a 32-17 record in home games. The Cubs are third in MLB play with 148 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game. Kansas City has a 24-26 record in road games and a 48-52 record overall. The Royals are 18-42 in games when they have given up a home run. The teams meet Monday for the first time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs with 26 home runs while slugging .545. Nico Hoerner is 13 for 38 with a double, two triples and four RBIs over the last 10 games. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 15 home runs while slugging .444. Bobby Witt Jr. is 10 for 39 with three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 6-4, .251 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs Royals: 6-4, .256 batting average, 3.23 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs INJURIES: Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (calf), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (oblique), Eli Morgan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Javier Assad: 60-Day IL (oblique), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow) Royals: Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (oblique), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Mark Canha: 10-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Lynch: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Hunter Harvey: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Reuters
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Cubs riding high in NL, welcome runs-hungry Royals
July 21 - After posting a series win to begin the second half of the regular season, the Chicago Cubs take a share of the National League's best record into an interleague series with the visiting Kansas City Royals on Monday. Chicago (59-40) had its four-game winning streak snapped on Sunday in a 6-1 home setback to the Boston Red Sox but has won consecutive three-game series against a pair of potential postseason teams in the New York Yankees and Red Sox. The Milwaukee Brewers also are 59-40 to share the view from atop the NL Central. "I think this group really believes in itself and believes in all of the guys in the room," Cubs left fielder Ian Happ said. "I think you saw that just in the way we played this series. I think we really played solid, fundamental baseball the whole time, and even though the game (Sunday) got away from us a little bit, it could have been the other way around on a few swings of the bat." The Cubs will elect to throw a bullpen game on Monday and start reliever Ryan Brasier (0-0, 1.04 ERA) before presumably reaching deeper into the 'pen. Brasier has made 18 relief appearances in his first season with Chicago, striking out 14 batters and walking three in 17 1/3 innings. Of Brasier's 315 career outings, just five have come as a starter, including four with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024. Brasier has allowed one run in 6 1/3 frames for a 1.42 ERA in six career appearances against the Royals. Kansas City will begin its fifth consecutive interleague series in Chicago on Monday. The Royals have dropped four of their last six games but salvaged a series in Miami on Sunday with a 7-4 victory against the Marlins. In a disappointing year for Kansas City -- which sits 5 1/2 games out of the final American League wild-card spot -- the club's 343 runs rank last in the AL and are ahead of only the Pittsburgh Pirates' 333 in the majors. The Royals did score seven runs in two of their three games in Miami, including in their 7-4 win on Sunday. The team's saving grace has been its pitching staff, which ranks second in baseball with a 3.49 ERA. Helping boost that number is rookie Noah Cameron (3-4, 2.31), who will make his 13th start of the year on Monday. Cameron, 26, has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three straight starts. Last time out, the left-hander struck out eight batters in 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a no-decision against the New York Mets on July 13. Kansas City won 3-2. "It was a good day," Cameron said after his last start. "Obviously, when you can command the ball and they are getting bad swings on stuff and I get really good defense behind me, it was an easy day." A seventh-round pick by the Royals in 2021, Cameron will face the Cubs for the first time in his young major league career. Kansas City will look for its first series win over Chicago since sweeping the Cubs in August 2021. --Field Level Media
USA Today
21-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals odds, tips and betting trends
At Wrigley Field on Monday, the Chicago Cubs (59-40) open a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals (48-52), at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored (-134 moneyline odds to win) when they square off against the Royals (+113). The starting pitchers are Ryan Brasier for the Chicago Cubs, and Noah Cameron (3-4) for the Kansas City Royals. Before watching this Cubs vs. Royals matchup, here is everything you need to know about Monday's action on the diamond, including viewing options. Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals odds, line and spread MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 9:17 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Cubs vs. Royals: Game time and live stream info Watch Cubs vs. Royals on Fubo! Cubs stats and trends Royals stats and trends Watch the MLB on Fubo!
Reuters
05-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Cubs acquire RHP Ryan Brasier from Dodgers
February 5 - After an offseason of additions, the Los Angeles Dodgers subtracted a player on Tuesday, dealing right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier to the Chicago Cubs. Los Angeles will receive either cash or a player to be named. The Dodgers also sent money to the Cubs, according to ESPN, presumably to pay part of Brasier's salary. The move comes in the wake of the Dodgers acquiring right-handed relievers Kirby Yates and Tanner Scott, both of whom logged more than 20 saves last season. Yates' arrival prompted Los Angeles to designate Brasier for assignment on Thursday. The Cubs also brought in a new closer during the offseason, trading for Ryan Pressly. Brasier, 37, won his second World Series ring last fall, helping the Dodgers claim the title six years after he was on a championship team with the Boston Red Sox. He won Los Angeles' playoff opener in the National League Division Series, tossing 1 1/3 scoreless innings against the San Diego Padres, and he finished the postseason 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA in eight outings. Brasier went 1-0 with a 3.54 ERA in 29 regular-season appearances in 2024, the first season of a two-year, $9 million contract he signed last February. In 297 games (five starts) over eight seasons for the Los Angeles Angels (2013), Boston (2018-23) and the Dodgers (2023-24), Brasier owns a 10-8 record with 10 saves and a 3.85 ERA. The Cubs cleared a spot for Brasier on their 40-man roster by designating Rob Zastryzny for assignment. The 32-year-old left-hander was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee in November. Zastryzny went 1-0 with a 1.17 ERA in nine games (three starts) for the Brewers last year. He owns a career record of 4-0 with a 4.30 ERA in 54 games (five starts) with the Cubs (2016-18), the New York Mets (2022), the Angels (2022), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2023) and Milwaukee (2024).
