Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Picks and Prediction for Monday September 8 2025

By: Eddie Kline Published 09/08/2025, 12:40 AM ET

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The Monday MLB schedule will get underway with a battle between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians from Progressive Field. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Royals (73-70) have split their previous ten games and are two games back in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Sunday, Kansas City batters went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base during a 5-1 home loss versus Minnesota.

Rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert (2-1 2.61 ERA) will make his 14th career major league start for the Royals. Last time out, Bergert (5 IP) gave up one run and struck out six batters during a 4-3 home loss versus Los Angeles.

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The Cleveland Guardians have won three straight games and are still in contention for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Sunday, DH Jose Ramirez had an RBI triple and SS Gabriel Arias added a run-scoring single to lead Cleveland to a 2-1 road victory against Tampa Bay. Rookie SP Parker Messick (2-0) scattered eight hits across six frames to earn the win for the Guardians (72-70).

The Guardians will counter with twenty-six year old righty Slade Cecconi (5-6 4.78 ERA) in the series opener. In his last start, Cecconi (5.1 IP) was tagged for 11 hits and seven runs during an 11-7 road loss against Boston.

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Royals vs Guardians Pick

Kansas City 2B Jonathan India is currently on the 10-day injured list with a left wrist sprain and will return to the lineup this week. Through 143 games, Kansas City ranks 23rd in OPS and 28th in runs scored. For the season, Cleveland ranks 29th in OPS and 27th in runs scored. Take the Royals to win on the road. Final Score Prediction, Kansas City Royals win 5-3.

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