Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 9/6/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cleveland Guardians play the second game of a three-game series on the road Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals. Cleveland is 68-64 following its 6-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on a Sunday. Cleveland was swept in its three-game series by Seattle and the Guardians have lost each of the last five. Cleveland has fallen into a tie for first place with Minnesota in the American League Central. We have you completely covered with all our free MLB picks.

Second baseman Andres Gimenez is batting .399 to lead Cleveland and has a team high .367 on base percentage. Third baseman Jose Ramirez is the leader in home runs with 26 and RBIs with 106, while shortstop Amed Rosario is the leader in hits with 143. On Tuesday, the Cleveland Guardians will send Shane Bieber to the mound. The right-hander is 8-8 with a 3.06 ERA, 164 Ks and 33 BBs.

Kansas City improved to 55-80 following its 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Kansas City starting pitcher Max Castillo gave up just two runs on five hits across 4 ⅔ innings and five relievers pitched 4 ⅓ innings of shutout baseball. Kansas City is fourth in the American League Central, 14 ½ games behind co-leaders Cleveland and Minnesota.

Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr is batting .250 to lead Kansas City and has team highs in home runs with 20, RBIs with 70 and hits with 121. Second baseman Nicky Lopez is the leader in on-base percentage at .300. On Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals will send Kris Bubic to the mound. The left-hander is 2-10 with a 5.47 ERA, 84 Ks and 53 BBs.