Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays 8/1/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Rogers Centre will play host to a Sunday afternoon MLB matchup between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays. The Royals (45-58) have dropped 33 of their first 50 road games and are 15.5 games out of first place. On Saturday, Kansas City managed just three hits and struck out eight times during a 4-0 road loss against Toronto.

Twenty-six year old righty Brad Keller (7-9 5.55 ERA) will head to the hill for the Royals in this contest. In his last start, Keller allowed one run in seven innings during a 5-3 home loss versus Chicago.

The Toronto Blue Jays have won three straight games and trail Oakland by three full games for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Saturday, Toronto SP Alek Manoah (3-1) allowed two hits across seven shutout frames to earn the win. OF George Springer cracked two long balls and drove in three runs to provide the offense for the Blue Jays (53-48).

Toronto skipper Charlie Montoyo has yet to name a starting pitcher for the series finale. The Blue Jays currently rank 12th in the majors with a 3.99 team ERA and have logged 34 quality starts.