It is game two of a four-game series as the Toronto Blue Jays visit the Kansas City Royals. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Blue Jays-Royals prediction, pick, and how-to-watch.

The Blue Jays head into the series sitting at 12-10 on the year and just won two of their last three over the Padres before the series. Meanwhile, the Royals are 13-9 on the year. They are coming off losing two of three at home to the Orioles before this. The two will play on Monday night. It will be Yusei Kikuchi on the mound for the Blue Jays. He is 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA. Meanwhile, Brady Singer will go for the Royals. He is 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA.

Here are the MLB Odds, courtesy of FanDuel. 

MLB Odds: Blue Jays-Royals Odds

Toronto Blue Jays: -1.5 (+140)

Moneyline: -122

Kansas City Royals: +1.5 (-170)

Moneyline: +104

Over: 8.5 (+100)

Under: 8.5 (-122)

How to Watch Blue Jays vs. Royals

Time: 7:40 PM ET/ 4:40 PM PT

TV: SN1/BSKC

Stream: fuboTV (Click for free trial)

Why The Blue Jays Will Cover The Spread/Win

Note: All Statistics are before the April 22nd game with the Royals.

The Blue Jays are 21st in the majors in runs this year while sitting 21st in batting average, 13th in on-base percentage, and 18th in slugging percentage. Daulton Varsho has been solid this year. He is hitting .24 2 on the year with a .306 on-base percentage. HE has doubles and five home runs, good for 11 RBIs this year. Further, Varsho has stolen two bases and scored 14 times this year. Justin Turner is also driving in runs. He is hitting .309 on the year with a .313 bade percentage. He has seven doubles and two home runs, leading to 11 RBIs. Turner has also scored nine times this year.

Sitthing third on theteam in RBIs is Davis Schneider. He comes in hitting just .227 on the year with a .292 on-base percentage. Still, he has two doubles and three home runs, good for ten RBIs and seven runs scored. Valdimit Guerrero Jr is also hitting just .22t this year. He comes in with a .343 on-base percentage though, with three doubles and three home runs. This has led to nine runs scored and nine RBIs for him this year.

Blue Jays pithcing is 24th in team ERA while sitting 24th in wHIP and 22nd in batting average. It will be Kevin Gausman on the mound for the Blue Jays in this one. He is 0-2 on the year with an 8.16 ERA. The last time out was his best start this ear. He went five innings, giving up four hits and one run while striking out six. Current members of the Royals have 99 career at-bats against Gausman. They have hit .263 off of him with four home runs and five RBIs. Garrett Hampson leads the way with three home runs and four RBIs.

Why The Royals Will Cover The Spread/Win

Note: All Statistics are before the April 22nd game with the Blue Jays

The Royals are 11th in the majors in runs scored while sitting 19th in batting average, 20th in on-base percentage, and ninth in slugging. Bobby Witt Jr. continues to be great. He is hitting .300 this year with a .351 on-base percentage. He has seven doubles, three triples, and four home runs on the year. This has led to just eight RBIs but he has scored 20 times. Meanwhile, Salvador Perez has been driving in runs. He is hitting .333 on the year with a .395 on-base percentage. He has two doubles and six home runs on the year. This has led to 11 runs scored and 22 RBIs this year.

Also driving in runs well is MJ Melendez. Melendez has hit .232 this year with a .312 on-base percentage. He has five doubles and four home runs, good for 12 RBIs. He has also scored nine times. Meanwhile. Vinnie Pasquantino has scored 13 times this year while hitting .268 on the season. He also has a .376 on-base percentage and hit four home runs this year.

Royals pitching is fifth in team ERA while sitting tenth in WHIP and 17th in opponent batting average. Michael Wacha will be on the mound for the Royals. HE is 1-2 with a 3.75 ERAS this year and a 1.04 WHIP. In his last two starts, the Royals have lost both. One, he gave up five runs over six innings, but in the other, it was just two runs over six innings. Current members of the Blue Jays have 72 career at-bats against Wacha. They have hit .278 with a .354 on-base percentage.

Final Blue Jays-Royals Prediction & Pick

Pure talent on paper-wise, the Blue Jays should easily win this game. Still, the Royals have been the better team this year. They hit better and have pitched better. While Michael Wacha has not been amazing this year, he has been solid. Further, Kevin Gausman has struggled heavily. Take the Royals in this one.

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Final Blue Jays-Royals Prediction & Pick:  Royals ML (+104)