Johnny Cueto will be on the hill for the Chicago White Sox tonight when he faces his old team, the Kansas City Royals, for the third game of their 4-game set at Kauffman Field. Cueto is upside down at 4-5 but has an ERA of 2.91 and a 1.19 WHIP. The last time he faced his old teammates was in May and he delivered, pitching 6 scoreless innings and yielding just 2 hits in a 5-3 White Sox win. The Royals will send Kris Bubic to the mound. The lefty has not pitched well. Bubic is 2-6 with a 5.27 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. The White Sox are just 1.5 games back of the Cleveland Guardians for the top spot in the weak AL Central so every game counts from here on out. Not so for the Royals, who are not going anywhere.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CHICAGO WHITE SOX