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| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (967) Colorado Rockies at (968) Houston Astros: Spread | 8:10pm EDT - Apr 16/2026 |
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COL at HOU — 4/16/2026
Projection: HOU 5.0, COL 3.8
First 5: HOU 2.8, COL 1.9
Projected total: 8.8 full game, 4.7 first 5.
Sugano has been excellent in his early 2026 Rockies sample: 1-0, 2.16 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 16.2 IP, 12 K. His road split was also strong, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 4 strikeouts in 4.2 road innings.
Model calculation
Component | COL | HOU |
|---|---|---|
Neutral offense baseline | 3.9 | 4.8 |
Starter adjustment | +0.2 | -0.3 |
Bullpen adjustment | +0.2 | -0.1 |
Park / April adjustment | +0.1 | +0.1 |
Home-return flat-spot adjustment | +0.0 | -0.2 |
Recent form adjustment | -0.1 | +0.2 |
No bottom 9th adjustment | +0.0 | -0.1 |
Projected full game | 3.8 | 5.0 |
Projected score boxes
Segment | COL | HOU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
First 5 innings | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
Full game | 3.8 | 5.0 | 8.8 |
Projected starting pitcher box
Pitcher | IP | ER | H | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tomoyuki Sugano | 5 2/3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Lance McCullers Jr. | 5 0/3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Projected hitter box — COL
Hitter | AB | BB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Moniak | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Edouard Julien | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hunter Goodman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Willi Castro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TJ Rumfield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jordan Beck | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Troy Johnston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brenton Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Adael Amador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Projected hitter box — HOU
Hitter | AB | BB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joey Loperfido | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jeremy Peña | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mauricio Dubón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Moneyline
Market | Model win % | Fair odds | Consensus odds | Consensus - fair | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COL ML | 40.2% | +149 | +166 | +17 | Small value |
HOU ML | 59.8% | -149 | -198 | -49 | No value |
Tokyo’s Clutch Index
OPS with a runner on 3rd and fewer than 2 outs
Team | Tokyo’s Clutch Index | Proxy rank |
|---|---|---|
HOU | Better situational-offense proxy | 7 |
COL | Weaker situational-offense proxy | 23 |
Rank board
Category | COL | HOU |
|---|---|---|
Starting pitcher ERA+WHIP rank, curved to 30 | Sugano 4/30 | McCullers 20/30 |
Bullpen last 10 days, ERA+WHIP combined rank | 10/30 | 22/30 |
Lineup last 10 days, runs + wOBA proxy rank | 21/30 | 11/30 |
Best value: COL moneyline
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (955) Kansas City Royals at (956) Detroit Tigers: Moneyline | 1:10pm EDT - Apr 16/2026 |
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KCR at DET — 4/16/2026
Projection: KCR 3.9, DET 3.5
First 5: KCR 2.0, DET 1.7
Projected total: 7.4 full game, 3.7 first 5
The market was sitting around KCR -108 to -118, DET +100 to -110, total 8.0, with the listed projected lineups showing Bubic vs. Montero and game-time weather around 63°F, 14 mph right-to-left wind, and roughly 54% rain risk. The live projected lineups were KC: Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino, Salvador Perez, Carter Jensen, Michael Massey, Jac Caglianone, Isaac Collins, Kyle Isbel and DET: Jahmai Jones, Gleyber Torres, Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Dillon Dingler, Matt Vierling, Wenceel Perez, Kevin McGonigle, Javier Báez.
Kris Bubic entered with a stronger current profile: 2-1, 2.50 ERA, 18.0 IP, 23 K, 0.83 WHIP on the official stat line, with ESPN also showing a top-tier WHIP rank and a strong early-season combined ERA/WHIP standing. Keider Montero entered with a strong results line as well, shown on the live boards as 1-1, 1.74 ERA, and a combined ERA/WHIP leaderboard slot slightly ahead of Bubic, though on the shorter sample and with lower strikeout volume. The combined starter-quality board placed Montero 5th and Bubic 9th among current MLB pitchers on the accessible leaderboard snapshot, which converts to Montero rank 5/30, Bubic rank 9/30 for the requested starter-rank chart.
The head-to-head sample favors Bubic more cleanly. Since 2024, and still inside the usable MLB window because the meaningful start was on 6/1/2025, Bubic has allowed 1 earned run in 9.0 innings against Detroit, including 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB on June 1, 2025. Montero’s sample against Kansas City is more mixed: 11.2 innings, 13 hits, 4 earned runs, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks across two appearances since 2024, with the meaningful 2025 outing being 4.2 IP, 7 H, 0 ER on June 1, 2025. That gives Bubic the better opponent-specific baseline and the better strikeout expectation.
The recent-form offense split pushes the game lower. Kansas City’s season offense was poor overall at 55 runs, .216/.304/.331, and the recent form was colder: 24 runs and a .580 OPS over the last 10 games. Detroit’s season offense was better at 72 runs, .236/.325/.364, with a clearly better recent scoring environment than Kansas City, though still not explosive. The prior game in this series was another low-scoring game, DET 2, KCR 1, and Kansas City had been held to 2 or fewer runs in 8 of 17 games.
The bullpen comparison is close, but slightly favors Detroit on the blend used here. Team-wide last-10 ERA sat Tigers 3.69, Royals 3.71, essentially even, but the recent relief-only board placed Kansas City’s bullpen 23rd over the last 10 games, while Detroit’s recent reliever usage was steadier and cleaner in the immediate series context. Detroit also came in on a four-game winning streak, while Kansas City had just lost another one-run game and continued to show late-game bullpen instability. That nudges the late innings slightly toward Detroit even though Bubic is the better starter.
Comerica and the weather pull in opposite directions. The park is still less homer-friendly than the smaller AL parks, but the mid-60s temperature, crosswind, and rain threat do not create a strong over environment. Detroit was not returning home from a road trip here, so there is no flat-spot homecoming deduction. Kansas City was finishing the road stop before heading to New York, which adds a mild travel drag only on the margins. Overall, the environment projects a little below the market 8.0, not dramatically below it.
Projected score boxes
Segment | KCR | DET | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
First 5 innings | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
Full game | 3.9 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
First 5 team total projections
Team | F5 team total projection |
|---|---|
KCR | 2.0 |
DET | 1.7 |
Projected starting pitcher box
Pitcher | IP | ER | H | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kris Bubic | 6 0/3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Keider Montero | 5 1/3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Projected hitter box — KCR
Hitter | AB | BB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Projected hitter box — DET
Hitter | AB | BB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jahmai Jones | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gleyber Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Riley Greene | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dillon Dingler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Matt Vierling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wenceel Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Javier Báez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Moneyline
Market | Model win % | Fair odds | Consensus odds | Consensus - fair | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KCR ML | 53.7% | -116 | -112 | +4 | Small value |
DET ML | 46.3% | +116 | +100 | -16 | No value |
Tokyo’s Clutch Index
OPS with a runner on third and less than 2 outs
Team | Proxy used | Proxy OPS | Proxy rank call |
|---|---|---|---|
DET | RISP OPS proxy | .696 | 13 |
KCR | RISP OPS proxy | .681 | 18 |
Rank board
Category | KCR | DET |
|---|---|---|
Starting pitcher ERA+WHIP rank, curved to 30 | Bubic 9 | Montero 5 |
Bullpen last 10 days, ERA+WHIP combined rank | 16 | 12 |
Lineup last 10 days, runs + quality blend rank | 28 | 17 |