Tigers vs. Royals prediction: Kansas City favored to win Friday's MLB matchup [8/29/2025]

The Kansas City Royals will take on the Detroit Tigers in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium on Friday, beginning at 8:10PM ET.

Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.99 ERA) will start on the mound for the Royals, while the Tigers are going with Chris Paddack (5-11, 4.98 ERA).

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven MLB model predicts the Royals as the most likely winner of today's game.

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Royals vs. Tigers prediction: Who will win?

Using innovative machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's MLB game between the Tigers and Royals 10,000 times as part of our MLB predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives the Royals a 52% chance of defeating the Tigers.

According to our model, the 9-run over/under has a 53% chance of going over.

Tigers vs. Royals odds [8/29/2025]

We have researched the best MLB odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

Bet Type	Tigers	Royals
Moneyline	+100	-118
Total	o9 (-115)	u9 (-103)

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

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Tigers vs. Royals game-day updates and essential details

Friday's MLB action between the Royals and Tigers at Kauffman Stadium is scheduled to start at 8:10PM ET.

• Who: Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
• Date: Friday, August 29, 2025
• Time: 8:10PM ET/5:10PM PT
• Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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Conclusion

We predict the Royals, with a 52% win probability, will likely beat the Tigers on Friday.

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