Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 8/15/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/14/2022 at 10:35 PM ET
The Kansas City Royals open a three-game series on the road Monday against American League Central rival the Minnesota Twins. Kansas City is 47-68 following its 13-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Kansas City has lost each of its first two games of a three-game series with the Dodgers. The Royals are fourth in the American League Central, 14 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians.
Bobby Witt Jr is batting .256 to lead Kansas City and the shortstop has team highs in RBIs with 57, hits with 103 and on-base percentage at .308. Catcher Salvador Perez is the leader in home runs with 17. On Monday, the Kansas City Royals will send Kris Bubic to the mound. The left-hander is 2-6 with a 5.02 ERA, 73 Ks and 43 BBs.
Minnesota is 58-54 following its 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in 11 innings on Saturday. Minnesota has struggled of late too, losing four of the last five and has dropped out of first place in the American League Central, trailing the division leading Cleveland Guardians by 1 ½ games, after leading the division less than a week ago.
Luis Arraez is batting .337 to lead Minnesota and the third baseman has team highs in hits with 127 and on-base percentage at .402. Center fielder Byron Buxton is the leader in home runs with 27 and second baseman Jorge Polanco is the leader in RBIs with 54. On Monday, the Minnesota Twins will send Joe Ryan to the mound. The right-hander is 8-5 with a 3.95, 93 Ks and 26 BBs.
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Kansas City starting pitcher Kris Bubic has allowed two runs or more in each of the last five outings and the OVER has cashed in each of the left-hander’s last three starts. Minnesota starter Joe Ryan has allowed five earned runs or more in two of the last three starts and the OVER has cashed in three of the right-hander’s last four starts. The OVER has cashed in each of the Royals' last four and five of the Twins' last eight. Final Score Prediction, Kansas City Royals win but our best play is OVER 9-5.