New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals 4/30/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The New York Yankees will face off against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday for a scheduled first pitch time of 7:10pm eastern. This game will be available to watch on MLB Extra Innings. Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Yankees with an ERA of 4.00 going 1-0 on the season so far. Carlos Hernandez will be on the bump for the Royals with an earned run average of 6.43 with no decisions on the season. Cole has 21 strikeouts to Hernandez' five.

The Yankees are on a five game winning streak with a record on the yer so far of 13-6 with wins coming against Baltimore in a three game sweep, and two out of their last five against the Cleveland Guardians. New York has put up a total of 42 runs in those five victories.

Kansas City comes into this game with a record on the year of 7-10 and have lost three out of their last five games coming against the Chicago White Sox, and twice on the road against the Seattle Mariners once by the one sided score of 13-7.

Anthony Rizzo is the team leader for the New York Yankees in home runs with eight, has a batting average of .290 with 19 RBIs on the season. For Kansas City, Salvador Pérez is the team leader in home runs with five, has a batting average of .200 to go along with eight RBIs on the season. Benintendi is the team leader for KC in RBIs with 10 so far this season.