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March 29, 2024

Vegas Play of the Day: Milwaukee Brewers at Kansas City Royals

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Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura (30) is pulled aside by teammate Mike Moustakas as the benches clear during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Chicago. The Royals won 3-2 in 13 innings.

I’ve failed in keeping up with baseball in anything other than a minimal fashion.

That could make for a long summer in the South Point-lined Play of the Day, which started with $10,000 bankrolls, now that betting boards are otherwise barren unless it’s quickly mended.

Milwaukee Brewers plus-135 at Kansas City Royals: $320 to win $432

There’s no better way to return to baseball than by taking arguably the worst team in the league facing a sweep against a lineup full of All-Stars, right? Let me attempt to explain.

The Royals offense was regressing until they fortunately reached the Brewers portion of their schedule. The quality of their bats, despite a scorching start to the season, are closer to the barely two runs they averaged over the last month than the 25 they’ve exploded for in three wins over the Brewers.

Kansas City faced three overmatched pitchers in Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza and Mike Fiers in the victories. Jimmy Nelson might be just as helpless, but the 26-year-old has shown he has the stuff to be effective in certain starts.

Nelson’s problem is consistency, as seen in his last start when he gave up 10 hits and seven runs to the Nationals five days after shutting down the Pirates in a 2-0 victory. I’ll take a plus-money gamble on Nelson over Kansas City starter Jeremy Guthrie any day.

The 36-year-old Guthrie is a proven producer of mediocrity who walks as many batters as he strikes out.

But, then again, what do I know about baseball?

Standings: Bern (84-73-1, $11,405), Keefer (82-83-2, $9,342), Brewer (71-88-3, -$415)

Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.

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