Royals at Red Sox 8/6/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Royals are not really seen as a strong road team on the season and that is definitely been one of the major reasons why the team has not been able to have a better record on the year. However, now the Royals are facing the Green Monster in Boston and that will pose a new set of challenges in the game. The Red Sox, though, are not as strong of a home team as you would expect them to be and that can easily prove to be an issue for the team in the future and definitely is a problem for the team if they want to run down the Yankees.

Jorge Soler is the power hitter for the Royals. He has managed to hit a total of 29 homers while driving in 75 runners on the year. The leading hitter when it comes to hitting for average on the year for the Royal has been Adalberto Mondesi who has managed to hit at a clip of .266 so far. Xander Bogaerts is the player who leads the Red Sox in homers with 25. Rafael Devers is the leading hitter when it comes to average for the Red Sox with an average of .320 on the year with 86 runners brought home. Jakob Junis is the starting pitcher for the Royals in this game. On the year so far Junis has posted a 6-10 record and a 5.03 ERA. He has thrown a total of 132.1 innings on the year with 126 strikeouts, but has walked 47 batters while allowing 139 hits.

Andrew Cashner is the starting pitcher the Red Sox are planning on putting on the mound in this game. Cashner on the year has been able to post a decent 10-6 record and a 4.44 ERA. He has thrown a total of 119.2 innings on the year with 82 strikeouts, but has walked 39 batters and allowed a total of 117 hits on the year.