Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-125) Kansas City (+105)

The Kansas City Royals (17-36) will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (32-22) at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Toronto at -125 while Kansas City is coming in at +105. The over/under is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Yusei Kikuchi and Brady Singer.

As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are earning 4.4 runs per contest, which has them at 15th in the league. They have earned a total of 235 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .318. The Blue Jays have accounted for 97 two-baggers as a team and have hit 67 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 229 RBI's in addition to 442 hits this season, while their average at the plate is .246. Toronto has a slugging rate of .415 and have been called out on strikes 428 times, while taking a walk on 173 occasions.

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The Blue Jays hold a team ERA of 3.69 on the year (11th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 450 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.38 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.20. Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 56 home runs and 217 runs in total (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 133 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.73 as a team so far this season.

Blue Jays pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 57 times in addition to having 81 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 41 holds this season (3rd in the league). The Blue Jays relievers have compiled a save rate of 67.7% and stepped onto the hill in 74 save situations. They have earned 21 saves for the year and have blown 10 of 31 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 88 runners for the year with 31.8% of those runners crossed home plate. The Blue Jays have dispatched 202 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Toronto Blue Jays are sitting with 1,435 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 456 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which is 10th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 40 double plays. The Blue Jays have converted 69.8% of balls in play into outs in their 4,305 innings, which ranks them 17th in baseball.

Kikuchi (17-26 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 4.89 and he has gone up against 1,780 batters in the majors. He has allowed 420 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 156 free passes. His earned run average is 4.85 (222 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.399. Kikuchi has taken the mound for 411 frames and has totaled 376 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Royals have a team slugging percentage of .356 and they are scoring 3.68 runs per game (26th in baseball). They have tallied 83 doubles, while walking 151 times as well as scoring 195 runs. Kansas City has compiled 38 home runs for the season to go along with 184 RBIs. They have been rung up on 407 occasions (27th in the league) and have 419 base hits. The Kansas City Royals hold an on-base percentage of .296 and a team batting average of .234 on the year.

The Kansas City pitching staff have surrendered 284 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 5.16 (266 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 59 homers and they concede 5.51 runs per 9 innings (27th in MLB). The Royals have a WHIP of 1.504 and have a FIP of 4.72 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.72 (359 strikeouts against 209 free passes). They are currently ranked 27th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 489.

Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.6% of 108 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 63 times in high leverage situations in addition to 67 occasions with runners on. With 41 save situations, the Royals have earned 23 holds and 7 blown saves. They sit at 28th in baseball holding a save rate of 56.3%, and they have sent 191 relievers onto the field on the season. Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 16 save opportunities and they have recorded 9 saves.

In their 4,176 innings played, the Royals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (25th in professional baseball). The Kansas City Royals have gotten 48 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in baseball). The Royals have accrued 499 assists, 23 errors and have 1,392 putouts for the year.

In his career, Singer has surrendered 227 base hits while tallying 222 K's in 223 innings. He has given up 113 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.377 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.78 and he has gone up against 971 opposing batters in his MLB career. Singer (11-16 mark in his career) has earned a 4.56 ERA while surrendering 9.2 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-125)

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