Kansas City Royals vs. Atlanta Braves MLB Pick Prediction by Tony T.
Royals at Braves 7:15 PM ET—Michael Wacha will start for Kansas City. Wacha had 31 starts in 2025 carrying an ERA of 3.86 with WHIP of 1.22. The veteran fanned 17.6% with 6.3% walks. Ground balls were 37.2% with 0.78 home runs per nine innings. Reynaldo Lopez gets the start for Atlanta. Lopez, in his lone starts in 2025 allowed three earned runs in five innings. He missed most of the season with shoulder surgery. The right hander has a career ERA of 3.94 with WHIP of 1.27 in 820 1/3rd innings of work.