DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>. The game total is set at over\/under eight runs.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s get into a pick and prediction for this Yankees vs. Royals game.<\/p>\n
Yankees vs. Royals prediction, preview<\/p>\n
The Yankees started the season 7-1. Now they\u2019re 11-9. Yikes. The roster is still dealing with injuries, but many losses are still inexcusable for a team with World Series aspirations. Luckily for them, this series started off on the right foot.<\/p>\n
New York defeated Kansas City 4-2 on Friday. Cam Schlittler pitched six innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run while striking out six. If the Yankees could have him on the mound every day, their record would be much better. Bad news \u2026 that\u2019s not possible. <\/p>\n
Will Warren will start the game on Saturday, which isn\u2019t the worst. The right-hander has a 2.46 ERA across four starts, but he\u2019s not pitching deep into games. His longest start is 5.2 innings with his other three being 3.2, 4.1 and 4.2. Reaching the sixth inning without major damage will be the goal on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Noah Cameron gets the start for the struggling Royals. He has a 3.94 ERA which isn\u2019t terrible, but it\u2019s also not great. His last start was messy: 5.1 innings, five earned runs, six hits, two walks and four strikeouts. The two starts prior went 5.2 and 5.0 innings with one earned run apiece.<\/p>\n
Which version of Cameron that arrives at Yankee Stadium will be a major factor. If he quiets the New York offense, it\u2019ll put even more pressure on Warren and the bullpen to do the same.<\/p>\n
Yankees vs. Royals Pick, Best Bet<\/p>\n
If Warren could go deeper into the game, this would be an easy decision. His early exits make for heavy bullpen usage, which could be difficult after the Yankees used three relievers on Friday.<\/p>\n
Although Warren\u2019s starts are short, he\u2019s typically reliable. Additionally, the bullpen doesn\u2019t have a major challenge as Kansas City averages the second fewest runs per game. It\u2019ll likely be another low-scoring game for the Royals.<\/p>\n
Best Bet: Under eight runs (-105)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan O\u2019Sullivan dives into his pick and prediction for the New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-678106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116423687250014254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}