Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 4/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Monday, April 29, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

The Toronto Blue Jays (13-14) are hosting the Kansas City Royals (17-10) at Rogers Centre on Monday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Daniel Lynch and Yariel Rodriguez.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .396 and have been called out on strikes 185 times, while being walked on 84 occasions. They have earned 119 RBI's as well as 208 hits for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .237. The Royals have tallied 41 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 29 balls out of the park. They have racked up 127 runs while holding a team OBP of .306. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.37 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.23. Royals pitchers have given up 16 home runs and 80 runs (1st in baseball). Kansas City has conceded 208 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 79 earned runs. The Royals have an ERA of 3.01 for the season (2nd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 197 hitters. They have walked 83 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.54 as a unit on the campaign.

Royals pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 13 times and also have had 33 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 14 holds this year (19th in baseball). The Royals relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 80.0% and stepped onto the hill in 25 save situations. They have earned 8 saves so far this year and have blown 2 of 10 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 25 runners on the campaign and 20.0% of those players earned a run for their team. The Royals have dispatched 82 relievers to the hill this season.

The Royals have converted 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,124 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 9th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned 708 putouts on the campaign, as well as 252 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .990 which has them sitting 4th in MLB, and have accumulated 21 double plays.

Lynch (11-23 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.79 and he has gone up against 1,134 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 285 hits (10.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 99 walks. His earned run average is 5.18 (145 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.524. Lynch has taken the mound for 252 innings and has accounted for 211 punch outs so far in his career.

The Toronto Blue Jays have a team OBP of .315 in addition to a batting average of .229 so far this year. They have been rung up on 188 occasions (27th in baseball) and have 197 base hits. Toronto has hit 23 home runs on the season to go along with 90 runs batted in. The Blue Jays have a team SLG% of .364 and they score 3.63 runs per contest (25th in the league). They have recorded 44 two-baggers, while getting a free base 99 times and scoring 98 runs.

The Blue Jays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.390 and have a FIP of 4.64 as a unit for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.50 (218 strikeouts vs 94 walks). They have a ranking of 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 227. They have given up 37 homers and they concede 4.75 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball). The Toronto pitching staff have given up 122 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.44 (114 earned runs yielded).

Toronto has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 8 save chances and they have earned 7 saves. They are ranked 1st in the league holding a save percentage of 87.5%, and they have sent 83 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 11 times in high leverage situations and on 30 occasions with runners on base. Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 31.0% of 42 inherited base runners. With 22 save situations, the Blue Jays have accumulated 14 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 24 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in professional baseball). The Blue Jays have 225 assists, 14 errors and have accounted for 693 putouts for the year. In their 2,079 innings played, the Blue Jays have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (21st in the majors).

In his MLB career, Rodriguez has surrendered 13 base hits while he has totaled 15 punch outs in 11 innings pitched. Rodriguez (0-1 career record) is the owner of a 3.86 earned run average and has surrendered 10.0 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 5 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.543 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.00 and he has faced 52 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto

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