{"id":678,"date":"2024-07-28T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-28T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T13:34:13","slug":"upcoming-mlb-matchup-chicago-cubs-take-on-kansas-city-royals-on-july-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/28\/upcoming-mlb-matchup-chicago-cubs-take-on-kansas-city-royals-on-july-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming MLB Matchup: Chicago Cubs Take on Kansas City Royals on July 28, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of July 28, 2024, an exciting MLB matchup is set to take place at Kauffman Stadium as the Chicago Cubs clash with the Kansas City Royals at 2:10 PM. Conditions are expected to be perfect for baseball under clear skies. Pitching for the Cubs will be Javier Assad, who has maintained a solid 3.147 ERA this season. His counterpart from the Royals, Cole Ragans, posts a competitive 3.228 ERA, promising a closely contested game. Currently, the Cubs sit 12th in the NL Central Division with a record of 50-56, indicating a .47 winning rate. Despite their challenges, they are trying to build momentum and come off a recent win. On the other hand, the Royals hold a stronger position at 5th in the AL Central Division, with a 57-48 record and a .54 winning percentage, which includes a strong divisional play. From a betting perspective, the odds for this game illustrate some intriguing possibilities. The Royals are favored with a -1.5 point spread and an over-under set at 8.5. With the Royals playing at home where they\u2019ve been notably stronger, they are marked at -174 on the money line, against the Cubs at +147. These odds hint at a potentially tight game, with advantage leaning towards the home team Royals depending on their ability to capitalize on their stronger home performance stats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of July 28, 2024, an exciting MLB matchup is set to take place at Kauffman Stadium as the Chicago Cubs clash with the Kansas City Roy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betdelawaresports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}