Friday, Sep 4, 2026Kauffman Stadium8:10 PM ETPreview

TOR · Away · 69-71

Toronto Blue Jays

AL East · 2nd · 14.5 GB

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8:10 PM ET

KC · Home · 62-78

Kansas City Royals

AL Central · 2nd · 11.5 GB

Starting pitcher matchup

Jameson Taillon —

Toronto Blue Jays

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

193rd

WHIP

—

146th

K/9

—

113th

BB/9

—

134th

FIP

6.55

HR/9

—

222nd

OPS/R

0.799

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA4.22

Road ERA7.19

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

TBD —

Kansas City Royals

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

WHIP

—

K/9

—

BB/9

—

FIP

—

HR/9

—

OPS/R

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA—

Road ERA—

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Toronto vs — (TBD)

23rd

in MLB

0.704OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Royals vs — (Jameson Taillon)

13th

in MLB

0.722OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Toronto Blue Jays

Stat

Kansas City Royals

— (13th)

Batting Average

— (12th)

— (27th)

OPS

— (16th)

— (28th)

Home Runs

— (22nd)

— (29th)

Runs Scored

— (21st)

— (9th)

Team ERA

— (28th)

— (15th)

Team WHIP

— (26th)

— (10th)

K/9 (Starters)

— (28th)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Blue Jays

Runs Scored

0.39

0.26

0.50

0.35

0.48

0.51

0.46

0.65

0.35

Runs Allowed

0.51

0.34

0.54

0.43

0.47

0.66

0.41

0.43

0.50

Royals

Runs Scored

0.56

0.39

0.34

0.56

0.44

0.59

0.49

0.50

0.40

Runs Allowed

0.64

0.50

0.51

0.49

0.62

0.50

0.53

0.49

0.70

Official starting lineups are published a few hours before first pitch. They will appear here and on the lineup page as soon as they are posted.

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