Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals 6/6/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Kauffman Stadium will play host to a Monday night MLB matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. The Blue Jays (31-22) have won eight of their previous ten games and trail AL East Division leading New York by 7.5 games. On Sunday, Toronto hit four home runs during an 8-6 home loss versus Minnesota.

Thirty-two year old righty Ross Stripling (1-1 4.22 ERA) will make his sixth start of the season for the Blue Jays. Through 32 innings of work, Stripling has allowed three home runs and struck out 29 batters.

The Kansas City Royals have dropped 17 of their first 26 home games and own the worst overall record in the majors. On Sunday, Kansas City went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base during a 7-4 home loss versus Houston. Salvador Perez homered and drove in three runs for the Royals, who fell to 17-35 on the season.

The Royals will turn to twenty-five year old southpaw Daniel Lynch (2-4 4.81 ERA) on Monday. Last time out, Lynch was tagged for six runs in four innings during an 8-3 road loss against Cleveland.