Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/3/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+110) Toronto (-132)

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (64-46) will go up against the Kansas City Royals (54-55) on Sunday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +110 while the Blue Jays are coming in at -132. The total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Seth Lugo and Chris Bassitt.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .382 and have been rung up 746 times, while being walked on 265 occasions. They have 387 RBI's and 890 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is at .244. The Royals have accounted for 192 doubles as a team and have hit 92 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 393 runs scored while having a team OBP of .300. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 3.6 runs/g, which is 28th in baseball.

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The Royals hold a team earned run average of 3.52 on the season (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 880 hitters. Royals pitchers have conceded 112 home runs and also 411 total runs (2nd in MLB). They have walked 332 hitters and their FIP is 3.90 as a unit this year. Kansas City has surrendered 863 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) and 380 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Royals relievers have a save percentage of 68.9% and stepped onto the hill in 101 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 150 base runners this year with 30.0% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Royals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 108 times as well as having 120 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 363 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have tallied 55 holds this season (21st in the league). They have recorded 31 saves on the year and have not converted 14 of their 45 save opportunities.

The Houston Astros are sitting with 2,911 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 969 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them ranked 7th in baseball, and they have turned 82 double plays. The Royals have converted 71.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 8,733 innings, which has them sitting 7th in the majors.

Lugo has taken the ball for 965 frames and has totaled 933 punch outs so far in his career. His ERA is 3.34 (358 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.151. He has given up 853 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 258 walks. Lugo (64-45 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.29 while he has gone up against 3,965 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Blue Jays hold a slugging % of .416 and they score 4.73 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have tallied 197 doubles, while getting a free base 371 times and scoring 520 runs. Toronto has tallied 118 home runs this year to go along with 496 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 732 occasions (30th in the league) and have earned 991 base knocks. The Toronto Blue Jays have a team OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .265 for the year.

The Blue Jays hold a team WHIP of 1.257 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a unit this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (987 strikeouts against 335 walks). They come in at 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 890. They have surrendered 150 home runs and they allow 4.59 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 497 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.27 (462 earned runs relinquished).

Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.1% out of 153 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 109 times in high leverage situations and also on 108 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 116 save situations, the Blue Jays have earned 65 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. They are ranked 11th in baseball with a save percentage of 65.3%, and they have sent 374 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the game in 49 save chances and they have come away with 32 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 78 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (21st in baseball). The Blue Jays have recorded 813 assists, 57 errors and have accounted for 2,924 putouts this year. In their 8,772 innings on the field, the Blue Jays hold a efficiency on defense of 70.0% (12th in professional baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Bassitt has surrendered 1,145 base knocks while he has earned 1,146 punch outs in 1,231 innings. He has given up a total of 500 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.244 and a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.96 and he has faced 5,207 batters during his pro baseball career. Bassitt (83-61 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.66 ERA and has surrendered 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+110)

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