Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 4/10/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Kansas City Royals play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. Kansas City has lost each of its last two and is 3-3 overall. The Royals were defeated by the White Sox 6-0 on Thursday in the opening game of this series. Kansas City is second in the American League Central 1 ½ games behind first place Minnesota.

Michael A. Taylor is batting .391 to lead Kansas City and the center fielder has team highs in hits with nine and on-base percentage at .417. Whit Merrifield is the leader in home runs with three and RBIs with 9. Kansas City as a team has hit eight home runs in his first six games. On Saturday, Kansas City will send Mike Minor to the mound. This season the lefthander is 1-0 with an ERA of 6.00, 6 Ks and 2 BBs.

Chicago improved to 4-4 following its shutout victory over Kansas City on Thursday. Lance Lynn struck out 11 batters in a complete-game shutout for the White Sox. Chicago needed a strong start from Lynn, as the White Sox are 15th in baseball in team ERA at 3.95. Yermin Mercedes and Yoan Moncada each hit home runs for Chicago, while manager Tony La Russa won his first game at home for the White Sox in 35 years.

Yermin Mercedes is batting .556 to lead Chicago and the catcher has team highs in hits with 15 and on-base percentage at .571. Jose Abreu is tied with Mercedes for the lead in home runs with two and Abreu has a team-high nine RBIs. On Saturday, Chicago will send Dylan Cease to the mound. This season the right-hander is 0-0 with an ERA of 5.79, 3 Ks and 3 BBs.