Kansas City Royals Handicapping: 2006 Season Preview

The Royals had a winning season in 2003. Other than that, they’ve been pretty bad. They have had over 100 losing seasons in 3 of the last 4 years. In those 3 years they are a combined 176-310 (-69 units).

One thing about these Royals that I loved taking advantage of in the 2005 season was their horrible start to the series. In the first game of a series, against these Royals it was 38-13 (+18 points). When the Royals were on the road, this angle statistically improved to 20-5 (+11 points) on the season!

Bad teams often start a series badly. Since the baseball season is long, losing can take its toll on a team and cause them to lose spirits. It’s hard to muster the motivation to play an away game when you had to travel the night before. Take that piece of information and combine it with the fact that they’re a lousy team to begin with and you’ve got a decent betting proposition.

Of those 51 series played, when the Royals lost Game 1 of the series they lost Game 2 again. Betting against the Royals in those 38 games was 28-10 (+9 units). Combining the two angles together, you had a very decent year at 66-23 (+27 points).

Watch these Royals kick off their Game 1 as you play through the 2006 season.