The Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago White Sox meet Saturday in MLB action from Rate Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Toronto Blue Jays vs. Chicago White Sox prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Toronto Blue Jays will send out Mason Fluharty for the start and Fluharty is 0-0 with a 10.80 ERA and 4 strikeouts this season. This will be Fluharty’s first career start against the White Sox. The Chicago White Sox will start Grant Taylor here and Taylor is 0-0 with a 3.00 ERA and 5 strikeouts this season. In his career, Taylor is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 2 strikeouts against Toronto.
Toronto Blue Jays Recap
The Toronto Blue Jays come into this game looking to bounce back from their 5-1 loss at the hands of Chicago on Friday to sit at 4-3 this season. After this series, the Blue Jays will head home for a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a World Series rematch.
Blue Jays Drop Back-To-Back Games
Andres Gimenez leads the Blue Jays with 9 hits with a triple, 2 home runs and 7 RBIs while Ernie Clement has 9 hits with 3 doubles and 2 RBIs. Kazuma Okamoto has 7 hits with 2 home runs, 3 RBIs and a team-high 15 strikeouts while George Springer also has 2 homers with 3 RBIs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 7 hits with a pair of RBIs as well.
Why the Toronto Blue Jays will win
- The White Sox have lost nine of their last 10 games against American League opponents.
- The Blue Jays have won each of their last five day games against the White Sox following a road loss.
- The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games against American League opponents after playing the previous day.
- The Blue Jays have covered the run line in each of their last five day games against the White Sox following a road loss.
Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts
- Andres Gimenez has hit a home run in three of the Blue Jays’ last four road games against AL opponents.
- Alejandro Kirk has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances in day games against teams that held a losing record.
Chicago White Sox Recap
The Chicago White Sox come into this game looking to add on to Friday’s series opening victory to sit at 2-5 this season. After this series, the White Sox will take on the Baltimore Orioles at home.
White Sox Drop 5 Of First 7
Munetaka Murakami has 6 hits with 3 home runs and 4 RBIs while Miguel Vargas has a home run and 6 RBIs while Austin Hays and Colson Montgomery each have a home run and 5 RBIs and Tristan Peters has a team-high 7 hits so far this season.
Why the Chicago White Sox will win
- The Blue Jays have lost seven of their last eight games as road favorites against American League opponents following a loss.
- The underdogs have won three of the Blue Jays’ last four games.
- The Blue Jays have failed to cover the run line in 13 of their last 14 games as road favorites against American League opponents.
- The White Sox have covered the run line in each of their last seven home games against American League opponents following a win.
Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts
- Andrew Benintendi has hit a home run in two of his last three home appearances after playing the previous day.
- Austin Hays has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances with his team as a home underdog against the Blue Jays.
- Munetaka Murakami ranks T3rd in the league in Home Runs (3) this season.
Total Runs Facts
- Ten of the White Sox’s last 11 day games against AL East opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Seven of the Blue Jays’ last eight games against AL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Chicago White Sox Prediction
I’m on the over here. I think Toronto’s biggest weakness within this team is their bullpen and I think Chicago can exploit that in what looks like a bullpen game for Toronto here. On the other side, I think Toronto has the more potent lineup offensively here and I think they’ll put up some runs here so give me the over here.