The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals begin their three game set here on Monday. The Tigers are 23-23 overall and come off a 2-1 series at Arizona. They outscored the D'backs 25-9 in that series. Detroit is in 4th in the AL Central, 5.5-games back of the Guardians. The Royals are 28-19 and in 2nd place in the AL Central, 1.5-games back of the Guardians. Kansas City is coming off a three game sweep of the Oakland A's. Michael Wacha starts for the Royals with a 3-4 record and 4.71 ERA and 1.369 WHIP. He's actually been a bit worse at home, going 1-1 in three starts with a 5.40 ERA. Reese Olson will start for the Tigers. He's 0-4, but that's a bit misleading since he has an excellent 2.09 ERA and 0.993 WHIP. Moreover, Olson has allowed just two total earned runs over his last four starts (26 innings). He also has 23 KO's and seven walks during that span. Olson is too good to not have a win this season and I'm taking him here on Monday as I look for him to register that first "W."

The NY Mets and Cleveland Guardians play game 2 of their three game set here on Tuesday. The Guardians took game one on Monday, 3-1. The loss dropped the Mets to 21-26 overall and 12.5-games back of the first place Phillies. They also have lost seven of their last 10 games and have a -15 run differential. Adrian Houser will start today for the Mets with a 0-3 record and 8.16 ERA. He's been even worse on the road where he has a 13.00 ERA in his two away starts. The Guardians improved to 31-17 and have won four straight and seven of their last 10 games. They are 1.5-games in first place ahead of the Kansas City Royals. They also have a division leading +61 run differential. The Guardians will start Carlos Carrasco, who is 2-4 in his nine starts with a 5.16 ERA. He's been better at home where he is 1-2 in his three starts and a 4.02 ERA. Guardians are playing well while the Mets are not. Also give the pitching edge to Carrasco in this one. Play Cleveland.

 The Brewers and Marlins opened their three game set on Monday and the Marlins took the opener 3-2 in 10 innings. Despite the loss the Brewers held onto first place in the NL Central, 1.5-games ahead of the Cubs. The Brewers are 5-5 over their last 10 games with a +37 run differential. They will start Robert Gasser today who is 2-0 in his two starts with a nifty 0.82 ERA and 0.818 WHIP. He's allowed just one total run over his 11 innings of work with just one walk and six Ko's. The Marlins have won six of their last 10 games but are still in last in the NL East, 18.5-games back of the Phillies. They also have one of the worst run differentials with a -81. The Marlins will start Trevor Rogers today. Rogers is 1-6 in his nine starts with a 5.7 9 ERA and 1.762 WHIP. Rogers is coming off his best start of the season, allowing no runs and three hits over five innings ow work in his first win of the season vs the Tigers. I still like the Brewers here today. They are in 1st while the Marlins are in last and they still have the better pitcher on the hill. Play Milwaukee.

The Mariners took game one of this four game set with the Yankees on Monday, 5-4. The Mariners have taken over first place in the AL West, two games ahead of the Texas Rangers. The M's only have a +2 run differential and a 26-22 record, but they are the only team in the division with a record above the .500 mark. Bryan Woo will start for the M's today. Woo is 1-0 in his two starts and has looked very good. He's allowed just one earned run over 9 2/3 innings with eight KO's and two walks for a 0.93 ERA and 0.621 WHIP. The Yankees are back in first place, two games up on the Baltimore Orioles. They have won eight of their last 10 games and have a very good +78 run differential. Clarke Schmidt will start for the Yankees. He's had an excellent season with a 5-1 record in his nine starts and a 2.49 ERA and 1.125 WHIP. Schmidt has allowed no runs over his last 14 2/3 innings with 14 KO's and just two walks. Both pitchers have been great and I'll look to take the UNDER here on Tuesday.