Taking the ROYALS here. Sign me up for the defending champs, on a tidy 3 game win streak against a struggling Oakland team. They are 1-6 at home, losers of 3 straight. Rich Hill? Go check out that guy's career. And I don't mean that as a knock, because Lord knows I don't have talent to pitch 12 years in MLB. But the stats show me that a gritty team like KC is going to do what it does. Win. Win when for the last 2 years people said not a chance. Just can't see the A's slowing things down here. 4* Money Maker KC ROYALS