Colorado Rockies vs. Kansas City Royals Odds, Analysis, & Prediction | April 22, 2025

This Colorado Rockies vs Kansas City Royals preview looks at Game 1 on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Rockies still have just one win on the Road this season and have the worst record in MLB heading into the day’s play. Let’s examine the starting pitchers, relevant stats, series and team trends, and then make a side pick on this matchup.

Colorado Rockies vs. Kansas City Royals Odds

Colorado Rockies vs Kansas City Royals

• Game: Colorado Rockies at Kansas City Royals

• Date and Time: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:40 EDT/6:40 CDT/4:40 PDT

• Location: Kauffman Stadium (Kentucky Bluegrass), Kansas City, Missouri

Key Stats

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies (4-17, 1-11 on road) are expecting to start RHP Ryan Feltner (0-1, 4.82 ERA, 1.61 WHIP) as Colorado starts this interleague series. Feltner has allowed 20 hits, 10 ER, walked 10 and has an 8.22 road ERA this season.

Colorado’s bats have struggled on the road as they have only scored 22 runs in 12 games—7 of them in its last road game, an 8-7 loss at the Dodgers. The Rockies have a .218 team batting average and are led by Kyle Farmer (.306 BA), Brenton Doyle (.315, 12 RBI), Mickey Moniak (3 HR, 9 RBI), and Hunter Goodman (3 HR, 8 RBI).

Rockies Betting Trends

• The Rockies were 2-1 vs Kansas City last season
• Colorado is averaging just 1.83 RPG on the Road
• The Rockies are 0-10 in their last 10 Road games
• Colorado has scored just 4+ Runs on the Road only twice this season
• No Rockies Starting Pitcher has 2 Wins yet this season
• Colorado still hasn’t won a series this season (0-7)

Kansas City Royals

The Royals (9-14, 6-4 at home) have been scuffling of late (2-8 in last 10) but will be glad to return home after having a 10-game road trip against the Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers. Kansas City will have LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 1.88 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) on the hill. The southpaw is currently listed at 55/1 odds to win the AL Cy Young Award at FanDuel. With a pitcher as good as Bubic and the team returning home after 10 games, the edge here is definitely to the hosts.

The Royals are only batting .210 as a team but have some producers at the plate in All-Star Bobby Witt Jr. (.307 BA, .370 OBP), Salvador Pérez (2 HR, 10 RBI), Vinnie Pasquantino (14 RBI), and Maikel García (.278, 10 RBI).

Royals Betting Trends

• The Royals are 1-3 in their last 4 Home games vs the Rockies (10 RF-16 RA)
• The Under is 3-1-0 in the last 4 series meetings at Kauffman Stadium
• The Royals were 23-23 in Interleague play last 2024 MLB season
• Kansas City went an impressive 70-55 vs RHP in 2024
• The Under is 6-3-1 the last 10 Royals games (all on Road)

Prediction

With this being Feltner’s first career start vs the Royals, expect the hosts to score 4+ runs as they will be glad to be back in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are starting a good pitcher, are at home, and finally playing a team they think they can beat. Until Colorado can win back-to-back games on the road, it is in auto-fade territory for MLB bettors. Expect these money line odds to go up and shop around as there are -220’s and -245’s in the market for now. The Rockies have lost their last 10 straight Road games. Colorado went 20-26 in interleague play last season.

Final Pick

Kansas City Royals ML (-220)