Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays 7/31/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Saturday MLB schedule will get underway with a battle between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays from Rogers Centre. The Royals (45-57) have won eight of their last ten games and are 14.5 games off the pace in the AL Central Division race. Last night, Kansas City went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position during a 6-4 road loss against Toronto.

Thirty-three year old left-hander Mike Minor (8-8 5.32 ERA) will take the mound for the Royals in this matchup. Last time out, Minor allowed two runs across six innings during a 4-3 home victory versus Chicago.

The Toronto Blue Jays have one of the most powerful offenses in the majors and trail Oakland by four full games for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Friday, Teoscar Hernandez and Bo Bichette each homered to power the Toronto offense. OF George Springer added a pair of doubles and scored a run for the Blue Jays, who improved to 52-48 on the season.

Rookie right-hander Alek Manoah (2-1 2.90 ERA) will make his ninth career major league start for the Blue Jays. Through 40 plus innings, Manoah has struck out 52 batters and owns a solid 1.07 WHIP.