Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 9-24-23 MLB Picks

The Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros meet in the finale of their three-game series from Minute Maid Park on Saturday.

Royals Pushing To Play Spoiler

The Kansas City Royals managed to play spoiler once again on Saturday, taking out the Astros by a final score of 3-2 to improve to 53-102 on the year. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with 170 hits, 29 home runs, 28 doubles and 93 RBIs along with a .276 batting average while Salvador Perez is second for the Royals in homers with 21 this season. MJ Melendez also has a team-high 28 doubles but has the dubious distinction of leading KC with 166 strikeouts this season. Steven Cruz will start for the Royals here and is 0-0 with a 4.15 ERA and 11 strikeouts this season.

Astros Continue To Struggle

The Houston Astros took another one on the chin on Saturday after another defeat to fall to 85-70 on the year, sitting 1.5 games back of the Rangers in the AL West race while holding on to the final Wild Card spot in the American League. Kyle Tucker leads the Astros across the board, hitting .282 with 155 hits, 28 home runs and 109 RBIs with 34 doubles while Alex Bregman has 24 homers with 96 RBIs and a team-high 156 hits. Yordan Alvarez has added 28 homers and 94 RBIs while Tucker also has a team-high 29 stolen bases this season. Hunter Brown will start here and is 11-12 on the year with a 4.87 ERA and 174 strikeouts this season.

Chris’ Pick

I’m on the over here. I’m anticipating a heavy use of KC’s bullpen in this game and that’s definitely been one of the weaknesses of this Royals group this season. On the other side, Hunter Brown’s had his ups and downs but more often as of late he’s been getting roughed up. All in all, I think this is a high-scoring affair so give me the over here.