Blue Jays vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - April 5, 2023

Blue Jays at Royals

11:40 pm • MLB Network

Toronto Blue Jays

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Kansas City Royals

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pitcher		team	era	w-l
Z. Greinke			5.06	2-15
A.Manoah			5.87	3-9

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Blue Jays 0-0	-1.5-115	o8.5-105	-200
Royals 0-0	+1.5-104	u8.5-115	+163

Wednesday 11:40 p.m.

April 05, 2023

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

TOR -200

A.Kirk o0.5 RBI+205

0.25u

Bet365 7:10.

V.Guerrero Jr. o0.5 RBI+165

0.83u

Bet365 7:09.

V.Guerrero Jr. o0.5 HR+525

1.31u

Betrivers 7:08.

G.Springer o0.5 HR+650

0.15u

Bet365 7:08.

Under 4.5 (F5)-124

0.81u

KC +1.5+100

0.5u

G.Springer o1.5 Total Bases-106

$53.00

G.Springer o1.5 Total Bases+105

Under 8.5-117

KC +1.5-105

TOR -185

TOR o4.5-120

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Z.Greinke u3.5 Ks-170

0.85u

TOR -185 (F5)

0.74u

Under 0.5 (1st Inn)-118

0.42u

TOR -172 (F5)

0.86u

Need -172 or better or use as a parlay piece to -180

KC +150

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The Royals are just 65-85 (.433) when allowing 5 or more extra base hits since the 2022 season -- 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .533.

The Blue Jays are 34-21 (.618) vs top 10 scoring offenses since the 2022 season -- best in MLB; League Avg: .411.

The Royals are just 26-55 (.321) on the road since the 2022 season -- lowest in MLB; League Avg: .468.

Franmil Reyes batted just .200 with RISP last season -- tied for fifth worst among hitters with at least 241 total PA's-- fifth Percentile. Opponents batted just .148 (18-for-122) against Alek Manoah with RISP last season -- best among qualified SPs-- 100th Percentile.

Alejandro Kirk struck out in just 11% of PA's last season -- fourth lowest in MLB-- 97th Percentile. Zack Greinke had a strikeout rate of just 15% vs right-handed batters last season -- tied for 14th lowest among starting pitchers with at least 64 total IP-- 11th Percentile.

Alek Manoah has allowed a slugging percentage of just .263 (87 Total Bases / 331 ABs) against right-handed batters since last season -- best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .378 -- 100th Percentile.

Zack Greinke has struck out just 10% (24/251) of left-handed batters he faced since last season -- lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 66 total IP; League Avg: 22% -- first Percentile.

Zack Greinke has a strikeout rate of just 26% (77 SO in 293 PAs) with two-strikes since last season -- lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 66 total IP; League Avg: 42% -- 0 Percentile.

Opponents batted just .237 (22-for-93) against Alek Manoah on the first pitch of at-bats in 2022 -- best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .338 -- 100th Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 44-37 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 38 of Royals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	87-75	43-38	44-37	40-38	46-37
Blue Jays	83-79	35-46	48-33	38-41	43-37

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	69-88-5	38-42-1	31-46-4	32-46	36-42-5
Blue Jays	81-77-4	45-34-2	36-43-2	39-39-1	41-36-3

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	86-76	45-36	41-40	49-29	36-47
Blue Jays	74-88	39-42	35-46	44-35	27-53

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 4th	TOR	L 1-4	+1.5 L	U 10	TOR +146
Apr 3rd	TOR	W 9-5	+1.5 W	O 8	KC +115
Apr 2nd	MIN	L 4-7	+1.5 L	O 9	MIN +122
Apr 1st	MIN	L 0-2	+1.5 L	U 8	MIN +136
Mar 30th	MIN	L 0-2	+1.5 L	U 9	MIN +132

Kyle Wright
P
Wright is out for season with shoulder
Out for Season

Max Scherzer
P
Scherzer is out with hamstring
Out
Bo Bichette
IF
Bichette is out with finger
Out
Alek Manoah
P
Manoah is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K
RA.Manoah, P	98	7	5
RE.Swanson, P	8	1	1
RJ.Romano, P	14	1	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1G.Springer, RF	1-4	0	0	0
2B.Bichette, SS	0-5	0	0	0
3V.Guerrero, 1B	3-4	2	1	1
4D.Varsho, CF	3-4	1	0	0
4D.Varsho, LF	3-4	1	0	0
5M.Chapman, 3B	1-4	0	0	2
6A.Kirk, C	1-4	0	0	0
7B. Belt, DH	0-4	0	0	0
8W.Merrifield, LF	1-3	0	0	0
8K.Kiermaier, CF	0-0	0	0	0
9C.Biggio, 2B	0-4	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RZ. Greinke, P	77	6	4	1
RT.Clarke, P	36	2	1	2
RD.Coleman, P	12	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1B.Witt, SS	0-4	0	0	0
2M.Melendez, RF	0-4	0	0	0
3V.Pasquantino, 1B	0-2	0	0	0
4S.Perez, C	1-4	0	0	0
5M.Massey, 2B	0-3	0	0	0
5E.Olivares, PH	0-1	0	0	0
6N.Pratto, LF	0-3	0	0	0
6H. Dozier, PH	0-1	0	0	0
7F. Reyes, DH	0-2	0	0	0
8N.Lopez, 3B	0-2	0	0	0
9J. Bradley, CF	1-2	0	0	0