The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox meet Wednesday in MLB action from Fenway Park. Here’s a Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction. This will be the third installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Blue Jays vs Red Sox pick.
Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview
The Jays took on the Los Angeles Angels in their weekend series, notching a sweep with four straight wins 5-3, 5-4, 3-1 and 8-2. Toronto kept it going with a 7-3 win over Boston on Monday. In game two the Blue Jays out-hit the Sox 11-9 but still lost 6-3. Yariel Rodriguez managed 5.0 innings and six earned runs in the start.
Starter for the Wednesday matchup will be Toronto’s Chris Bassitt. So far over 26 starts Bassitt is 9-12 with a 4.41 ERA. In 195 career games (182 starts) Bassitt is 71-54 with a 3.61 ERA.
Boston Red Sox Betting Preview
Over on the Red Sox’ side, they played the Arizona Diamondbacks in their last set. Boston came out on the wrong side of a sweep there, falling 12-2, 4-1 and 7-5. On Tuesday the Red Sox scored three in both the first and fifth innings. Starter Cooper Criswell put up 3.1 innings with one earned run.
Brayan Bello will start for Boston on Wednesday. So far Bello is 11-6 with a 4.95 ERA in 24 starts. Bello is 25-25 with a 4.59 ERA in 65 career games (63 starts).
Total Runs Facts
- Seventeen of the Red Sox’s last 21 night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Four of the Blue Jays’ last five road games have gone UNDER the total runs line.
Boston Red Sox Player Prop Facts
- Jarren Duran has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Red Sox’s last four games as favorites against AL East opponents.
- Masataka Yoshida has recorded at least one Single in each of the Red Sox’s last four night games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Jarren Duran has hit a home run in each of the Red Sox’s last four games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Wilyer Abreu has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances in night games.
- Masataka Yoshida has recorded at least one hit in each of the Red Sox’s last 12 home games against the Blue Jays.
- Masataka Yoshida has recorded at least one total base in each of the Red Sox’s last 12 home games against the Blue Jays.
- Jarren Duran has scored at least one run in each of the Red Sox’s last six games against AL opponents.
Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Blue Jays’ last 10 road games against AL opponents.
- Chris Bassitt has recorded six or more strikeouts in 10 of his last 12 appearances with his team as an underdog against AL East opponents.
- George Springer has scored at least one run in eight of the Blue Jays’ last nine games at Fenway Park.
- Daulton Varsho has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last seven road appearances against the Red Sox after playing the previous day.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one Single in six of the Blue Jays’ last seven night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- George Springer has hit a home run in three of the Blue Jays’ last four games as underdogs.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded a Double in eight of the Blue Jays’ last nine games as road underdogs against AL opponents.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last 23 games against AL East opponents.
Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction
I’ll take a stab on the Red Sox here. Bello does need a bounce-back start, though. In his last outing Bello took a loss with five earned in 5.1 innings. Prior to that however, Bello was doing pretty well with two earned in 12.0 innings for a 1-0 run. As for Bassitt, he’s given up 14 earned runs in his last 15.0 innings, going 0-2 in three starts.
On Tuesday the Sox had a couple of big innings, enough to propel them to a victory. Only two batters (Tyler O’Neill and Danny Jansen) came up empty at the plate. I like Boston to keep it up Wednesday.