Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 4-30-24 Picks

The Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays meet Monday in MLB action from Rogers Centre. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Kansas City Royals will send Cole Ragans to the mound here and he is 1-2 with a 3.90 ERA and 37 strikeouts this season. In his career, Ragans is 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA and 10 strikeouts against Toronto. The Toronto Blue Jays will start Jose Berrios here and Berrios is 4-1 with a 1.23 ERA and 28 strikeouts this season. In his career, Berrios is 7-6 with a 4.67 ERA and 116 strikeouts against Kansas City.

Kansas City Royals Recap

The Kansas City Royals come into this one looking to bounce back after a 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays in Monday’s series opener. It wasn’t the ideal start to the series for the Royals after losing their series with the Tigers over the weekend. KC jumped out to a 2-0 lead but Toronto would respond and try as KC might to get back into the game, it wasn’t enough as Toronto rode their lead to the finish line and got the win, sending Kansas City back empty-handed.

Witt Jr. And Perez Leading Charge For Royals

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with 37 hits including 4 home runs, 16 RBIs, 4 triples and 8 doubles while Salvador Perez has a team-high 7 home runs and 26 RBIs with 36 hits of his own. Nelson Velazquez also has a team-high 31 strikeouts while Witt Jr. has a team-high 9 stolen bases and Maikel Garcia has 7 stolen bases this season.

Kansas City Royals Team Facts

• The Royals have lost each of their last eight games at Rogers Centre following a loss.
• The Royals have covered the run line in each of their last seven night games following a road loss.
• The Royals have led after 3 innings in 11 of their last 14 games as road underdogs against American League opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Royals’ last three games as underdogs against AL East opponents.
• The Royals have led after 5 innings in three of their last four games as underdogs against AL East opponents.

Toronto Blue Jays Recap

The Blue Jays started the series right with Monday’s win to carry on the momentum from their series-closing win against the Dodgers on Sunday. Justin Turner belted a pair of home runs for the Blue Jays and was a key catalyst in Toronto’s win to start the three-game set.

Turner Leading Blue Jays Offense

Justin Turner leads the Blue Jays with 28 hits in addition to a .311 batting average, .390 OBP, 4 home runs and team-highs of 8 doubles and 15 RBIs. Daulton Varsho has 6 homers with 14 RBIs and 6 doubles of his own while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 27 strikeouts with 3 home runs and 11 RBIs. Davis Schneider also has 3 home runs and 12 RBIs as well this season.

Toronto Blue Jays Team Facts

• The Blue Jays have won each of their last seven home games against the Royals.
• The Blue Jays have failed to cover the run line each of their last six home games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
• The Blue Jays have led after 5 innings in each of their last seven night games at Rogers Centre against American League opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last three games as favorites against AL Central opponents.

Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction

I’m rolling with the under in this game. I just think that these are two of the better pitchers in their respective rotations, and while these two starters just faced off last series, it was a 2-1 rain shortened game and both pitchers were rolling along fairly well in that game. I think this has pitcher’s duel written all over it once again. Give me the under.