Baltimore Orioles vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Pick Prediction by Tony T.
Orioles at Royals 4PM ET—Tomoyuki Sugano will start for Baltimore. Sugano in his season opener allowed two earned runs with one strikeout in four innings at home to the Orioles. Sugano, 35 years old, had a good season in Japan last year with an ERA of 1.67 and WHIP of 0.95 working 156 2/3rd innings. Michael Wacha is the starter for KC. Wacha had 29 starts in 2024 dealing with an ERA of 2.25 and WHIP of 2.00. The veteran fanned 21.2% with 6.6% walks. Ground balls served at 38.6% with 0.92 home runs per nine innings. In his opener he faced the Guardians, allowing one earned run with two strikeouts in four innings.