The Baltimore Orioles are a team to keep an eye on in the coming years. They have a lot of raw young talent and that will be on display tonight when they open a 3-game set with the Kansas City Royals at Camden Yards. Baltimore is riding a 2-game winning streak after splitting a 4-game series with a really good Minnesota Twins team. Tonight the expected starters are Jordan Lyles for the Orioles and Carlos Hernández for the Royals. Neither one of these guys is winning the AL Cy Young but the edge in this matchup goes to Baltimore. Lyles is 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP, as opposed to Hernández who comes in at 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA and a 1.89 WHIP. The Royals have lost 5 of their last 6 and have mustered just 13 runs during that span. They are also just 2-6 on the road this season and 4-13 in their last 17 in Baltimore. The Orioles are 7-6 at the Yard and their bats have come alive, launching 7 home runs over their 2-game winning streak. Consider the Birds.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES