Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-145) Kansas City (+125)

The Toronto Blue Jays (1-2) are traveling to Kauffman Stadium on Monday where they will attempt to defeat the Kansas City Royals (0-3). The moneyline on this contest has Toronto at -145 and Kansas City is sitting at +125. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Jose Berrios and Brady Singer.

The Blue Jays have accrued 3 doubles as a squad and have hit 0 baseballs out of the park. Toronto is slugging .347 and have struck out 19 times, while drawing a walk on 13 occasions. As a squad, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 5.5 runs per game, which has them at 9th in the league. They have accumulated 10 runs batted in in addition to 22 base knocks on the year, and their batting average comes in at .306. They have earned 11 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .416.

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Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 2 long balls in addition to 13 total runs (21st in baseball). They have walked 8 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.49 as a squad over the course of the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.94. The Blue Jays hold a team ERA of 5.29 on the campaign (22nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 16 hitters.

The Blue Jays turned 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,972 innings on the diamond, ranking them 20th in professional baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays notched a total of 4,324 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,348 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which ranked 11th in MLB, and they twisted 120 double plays.

Berrios has pitched in 1,023 innings and has accounted for 1,006 strikeouts during his career. His earned run average is 4.24 (482 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.254. He has surrendered 973 base knocks (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 311 walks. Berrios (72-54 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.05 while going up against 4,341 hitters in the major leagues.

The Kansas City Royals have an OBP of .250 and a team batting average of .105 for the season. They have been rung up on 16 occasions (25th in the league) and have 6 hits. Kansas City has tallied 0 home runs over the course of the season as well as 0 runs batted in. The Royals hold a team slugging % of .140 and they have an average of 0.00 runs per outing (30th in baseball). They have put up 2 two-baggers, while getting a free base 10 times and notching 0 runs.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.167 with a FIP of 2.54 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.83 (17 strikeouts vs 6 bases on balls). They rank 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 15. They have surrendered 0 dingers and they concede 2.00 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 4 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 1.50 (3 earned runs relinquished).

Kansas City Royals turned 153 double plays and notched a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in MLB). The Royals accrued 1,499 assists, 82 errors and earned 4,248 putouts over the course of the prior season. In their 12,744 innings played, the Royals earned a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (28th in MLB).

Singer (19-20 career mark) has a 4.01 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.08 and he has gone up against 1,470 batters during his MLB career. He has given up 154 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.298 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. In his career, Singer has allowed 338 hits while he has totaled 342 strikeouts in 346 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+125)

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