Blue Jays vs. Royals odds, tips and betting trends

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06 April 2023

Blue Jays vs. Royals odds, tips and betting trends

In the final game of a four-game series at Kauffman Stadium, the Toronto Blue Jays (2-3) meet the Kansas City Royals (1-4), Thursday at 2:10 PM ET.

The Royals are an underdog (+175 moneyline odds) when they takes the field at home against the Blue Jays (-209). The Blue Jays will start Kevin Gausman against the Royals and Jordan Lyles.

These clubs meet again after the Blue Jays defeated the Royals 3-0 yesterday. Alek Manoah earned the win for the Blue Jays (7.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 K), and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the way offensively (3-for-4 with a home run and an RBI). Zack Greinke (6.0 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 4 K) was credited with the loss for the Royals.

Prepare for the Blue Jays vs. Royals with what you need to know about Thursday’s game, including viewing options.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Blue Jays (-209, bet $209 to win $100)
Underdog: Royals (+175, bet $100 to win $175)
Over/under: 8

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Blue Jays Stats and Trends

Blue Jays Betting Records

The Blue Jays were favorites in 133 games last season and won 78 (58.6%) of those contests.
Toronto had a record of 20-16, a 55.6% win rate, when it was favored by -209 or more by bookmakers last season.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 67.6% chance to win.
Games involving Toronto went over the total set by oddsmakers in 84 of 162 chances last season.
The Blue Jays were 74-88-0 against the spread in their 162 chances last season.

Kevin Gausman (Blue Jays Probable Starter)

Gausman (0-1) makes the start for the Blue Jays, his second of the season.
In his most recent time out on Saturday, the righty threw six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, allowing no earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
In one appearances this season, he has a .00 ERA and 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings, while opponents are batting .308 against him.
This season, the 32-year-old ranks first in ERA (.00), 50th in WHIP (1.500), and 17th in K/9 (10.5) among qualifying pitchers.

Blue Jays Batting Stats

The Blue Jays hit 200 homers last season, which ranked seventh in the league.
Fueled by 518 extra-base hits, Toronto ranked third in MLB with a .431 slugging percentage last season.
No team had a better batting average than the .263 AVG the Blue Jays posted last season.
With 775 runs scored last season, Toronto ranked No. 4 in all of baseball.
With an OBP of .329 last season, the Blue Jays ranked third in baseball.
Toronto showed patience at the plate last season with the sixth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.7) among MLB offenses.

Royals Stats and Trends

Royals Betting Records

The Royals won in 52, or 38.8%, of the 134 contests they were named as odds-on underdogs in last year.
Last year, Kansas City won five of 27 games when listed as at least +175 on the moneyline.
Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 36.4% chance of pulling out a win.
Kansas City and its opponents hit the over in 81 of its 161 games with a total last season.
In 161 games with a line last season, the Royals had a mark of 81-80-0 against the spread.

Jordan Lyles (Royals Probable Starter)

Lyles (0-1) gets the starting nod for the Royals, his second of the season.
In his last time out on Saturday, the righty threw 5 1/3 innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up one earned run while surrendering five hits.
In one appearances this season, he has compiled a 1.69 ERA and averages 3.4 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .238 against him.

Royals Batting Stats

The Royals hit the fifth-fewest home runs in MLB action last season (138).
Last year Kansas City’s .380 slugging percentage was 23rd in baseball.
With a .244 batting average a year ago, the Royals ranked 14th in MLB.
Last season Kansas City was the 24th-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging four runs per game (640 total).
Last year the Royals ranked 21st in MLB with a .307 on-base percentage.
The team struck out 7.9 times per game, the eighth-fewest mark in baseball.

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