{"id":81925,"date":"2023-09-08T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/2023\/09\/08\/toronto-blue-jays-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-september-8\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:01:09","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-september-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/09\/08\/toronto-blue-jays-vs-kansas-city-royals-mlb-betting-preview-september-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals MLB Betting Preview | September 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span data-dsid-content=\"ct14-nid11622-qid6375-syid7413-mid808919\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Royals (44-97) will look for another strong showing from a batter when they square off against the Toronto Blue Jays (77-63) on Friday at 7:07 PM ET at Rogers Centre. Nelson Velazquez is currently on a three-game home run streak for the underdog Royals (+154) going into this contest against the favored Blue Jays (-185). Yusei Kikuchi starts for Toronto, and Brady Singer is Kansas City&#8217;s pick to start.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to get your parents, spouse, co-workers, third cousin and mailman together again. MLB pools are back! Hit your own home run with RunYourPool today.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#0034ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.articles.runyourpool.com\/baseball-pools.cfm?source=ds&amp;effort=4200\">Start here &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Game Info, Betting Lines for Blue Jays vs. Royals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Game Day:<\/strong> Friday, September 8, 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Game Time:<\/strong> 7:07 PM ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Toronto, Ontario<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stadium:<\/strong> Rogers Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<caption>Blue Jays vs Royals Betting Information<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Favorite Moneyline<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Blue Jays<\/td>\n<td>-185<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How Do I Watch the Blue Jays vs. the Royals?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TV Channel:<\/strong> MLB Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Blue Jays Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Blue Jays Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Blue Jays are 16th in MLB play with 163 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.<\/li>\n<li>Toronto ranks fifth in the majors with a .260 batting average.<\/li>\n<li>The Blue Jays rank fourth in baseball with a .333 on-base percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Toronto&#8217;s batters strike out 8.0 times per game, the eighth-lowest average in the majors.<\/li>\n<li>The Blue Jays have hit 68 homers at home this season (1.0 per game).<\/li>\n<li>Toronto has a .405 slugging percentage and is averaging 2.9 extra-base hits per game at home.<\/li>\n<li>At home this season the team averages 8.4 hits per game and is batting .254.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blue Jays Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 141 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .343. He has a .266 batting average and a slugging percentage of .436.<\/li>\n<li>Among all qualifying hitters in baseball, he is 64th in batting average, 42nd in on-base percentage, and 79th in slugging.<\/li>\n<li>George Springer has 22 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 54 walks. He&#8217;s batting .258 and slugging .401 with an on-base percentage of .331.<\/li>\n<li>He is 79th in batting average, 69th in on-base percentage and 108th in slugging in MLB.<\/li>\n<li>Whit Merrifield has collected 142 base hits, an OBP of .325 and a slugging percentage of .399 this season.<\/li>\n<li>Daulton Varsho has been key for Toronto with 103 hits, an OBP of .287 plus a slugging percentage of .373.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Royals Stats &amp; Trends<\/h2>\n<h3>Royals Batting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Royals rank 25th in Major League Baseball with 141 home runs.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City ranks 20th in MLB with a .243 team batting average.<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have an OBP of just .300 this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City ranks 15th in strikeouts per game (8.5) among MLB offenses.<\/li>\n<li>They have averaged 1.0 home runs per game in their 69 road contests this season.<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City has a team slugging percentage of .376 in away games this season with 195 extra-base hits.<\/li>\n<li>They are averaging 7.6 base hits per game and batting .228 on the road this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Royals Key Batters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobby Witt Jr. has 153 hits with a .312 on-base percentage and a .496 slugging percentage, all club-bests for the Royals. He&#8217;s batting .273.<\/li>\n<li>Including all qualifying hitters in the majors, he ranks 38th in batting average, 106th in on-base percentage and 22nd in slugging percentage.<\/li>\n<li>Salvador Perez is hitting .245 with 19 doubles, 21 home runs and 18 walks. 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