The Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays meet Saturday in MLB action at Rogers Centre. Here’s a Blue Jays vs. Athletics Prediction. This article will include a Blue Jays vs. Athletics Pick.
Athletics Betting Preview
The Athletics are 0-1 on the year and play the Braves and Astros next. The Athletics are batting .100 on the season, have a .156 OBP, and have a .300 slugging percentage. The Athletics pitching staff has a 3.12 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. Shea Langeliers leads the Athletics with 3 hits and 2 RBI, while Max Muncy and Nick Kurtz have combined for 0 hits and 0 RBI.
Jeffrey Springs gets the ball for the Athletics, and he was 11-11 with a 4.11 ERA and 138 strikeouts last season. Springs is 3-1 with a 4.46 ERA and 37 strikeouts in his career against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview
The Toronto Blue Jays are 1-0 on the year and play the Rockies and White Sox next. The Toronto Blue Jays are batting .219 on the season and have a .306 OBP, and a .344 slugging percentage. The Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching staff has a 2.00 ERA and a 0.56 WHIP. Andrés Giménez leads the Toronto Blue Jays with 2 hits and 3 RBI while Kazuma Okamoto and Ernie Clement have combined for 4 hits and 0 RBI.
Dylan Cease gets the ball for the Toronto Blue Jays, and he was 8-12 with a 4.55 ERA and 215 strikeouts last season. Cease is 3-2 with a 5.97 ERA and 44 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
Why the Toronto Blue Jays will win
- The Blue Jays have won each of their last nine home games against American League opponents following a home win.
- The Athletics have lost each of their last five games at Rogers Centre.
- The Blue Jays have covered the run line in each of their last five day games at Rogers Centre following a win.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in each of their last three road games after playing the previous day.
- The Blue Jays have led after 3 innings in each of their last four home day games.
- The Blue Jays have led after 5 innings in seven of their last eight home day games.
- The Athletics have lost the first inning in six of their last eight games at Rogers Centre against opponents that held a winning record.
Why the Athletics will win
- The Athletics have won each of their last five games as road underdogs against American League opponents following a road loss.
- The Blue Jays have lost four of their last five games as favorites against AL West opponents following a win.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in each of their last 10 road games against AL East opponents.
- The Blue Jays have failed to cover the run line in nine of their last 10 games as favorites against AL West opponents following a win.
- The Athletics have led after 3 innings in three of their last four day games against the Blue Jays.
- The Athletics have led after 5 innings in each of their last seven Saturday games as road underdogs.
- The Athletics have won the first inning in three of their last four day games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Blue Jays’ last four day games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Athletics’ last four day games against AL East opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in seven of the Athletics’ last eight day games at the Rogers Centre.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four games between the Athletics and Blue Jays.
Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts
- Alejandro Kirk has hit at least one home run in each of the Blue Jays’ last two games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Ernie Clement has recorded at least one Double in each of the Blue Jays’ last five home games against the Athletics.
- Dylan Cease has recorded seven or more strikeouts in seven of his last eight home appearances.
- Ernie Clement has recorded at least one hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last 14 games.
- George Springer ranked 2nd amongst qualified players for On Base Percentage (.399) last season.
Athletics Player Prop Facts
- Shea Langeliers has recorded a Double in each of his last four appearances after playing the previous day.
- Nick Kurtz has hit at least one home run in three of the Athletics’ last four day games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Brent Rooker has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 appearances against the Blue Jays after playing the previous day.
- Jacob Wilson ranked 3rd amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.311) last season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Blue Jays ranked 1st in the league for hits last season (1461).
- The Blue Jays ranked 1st in the league for batting average last season (.265).
- The Athletics ranked 2nd in the league for doubles last season (296).
- The Athletics ranked 28th in the league for walks allowed last season (570).
Blue Jays vs Athletics Prediction
The Athletics are going to be fine offensively but they were slow out of the gate in their opener and now they’re going up against a strikeout pitcher in Cease. Last season, Cease had 215 strikeouts in 168 frames, allowing a .239 batting average, and he’ll be eager to get off to a fine start in his new uniform. The Blue Jays had a strong season last year and having a walk-off win on opening day only adds to the confidence of this group. Good vibes in Toronto right now. Quick turnaround. Give me the Blue Jays and the RL for max betting value.