Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction 7-6-24 Picks

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners meet Saturday in MLB action from T-Mobile Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Toronto Blue Jays will start Yariel Rodriguez in this one and Rodriguez is 0-3 with a 4.63 ERA and 23 strikeouts this season. This will be Rodriguez’s first career start against Seattle. The Seattle Mariners will start Emerson Hancock here and is 3-3 with a 4.79 ERA and 24 strikeouts this season. This will be Hancock’s first career start against Toronto.

Toronto Blue Jays Recap

The Toronto Blue Jays come into this game looking to bounce back after starting the series on the wrong foot with a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Mariners in Friday’s series opener. The loss put the Jays at risk of back-to-back series losses after their series loss to the Astros to start the week.

Blue Jays Trying To Build Up The Offense

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 99 hits including 18 doubles, 13 home runs and 50 RBIs along with a .293 batting average and a .369 OBP. Daulton Varsho’s chipped in 11 home runs and 36 RBIs in addition to 15 doubles. Davis Schneider has 15 doubles while George Springer has a team-high 9 stolen bases. Varsho also has a team-high 82 strikeouts and 8 stolen bases as well this season.

Why the Toronto Blue Jays will win

• The Blue Jays have won each of their last four games against AL West opponents following a road loss.
• The Mariners have lost each of their last three day games against AL East opponents following a win.
• The road team has covered the run line in each of the Blue Jays’ last six games.
• The Mariners have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six games against AL East opponents following a home win.

Seattle Mariners Recap

The Seattle Mariners will look to keep their momentum going after their win over the Blue Jays in Friday’s opener, putting themselves in a decent spot to snap their lengthy series losing streak, which includes series losses to the Orioles, Twins and Rays over the last two weeks.

Mariners Trying To Stay Atop AL West

Julio Rodriguez leads the Mariners with 87 hits including a .247 batting average and also has 7 doubles. Cal Raleigh has a team-high 15 home runs along with 51 RBIs and 106 strikeouts. Mitch Haniger also has 7 home runs and 31 RBIs while Rodriguez has a team-high 18 stolen bases and 101 strikeouts as well this season. Dylan Moore has a team-high 14 doubles and Mitch Garver has 12 doubles also this season.

Why the Seattle Mariners will win

• The Mariners have won 10 of their last 11 home games against teams that held a losing record.
• The Blue Jays have lost nine of their last 10 games against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
• The Blue Jays have failed to cover the run line in nine of their last 10 games against AL West opponents that held a winning record.
• The Mariners have covered the run line in seven of their last eight day games against American League opponents that held a losing record.

Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction

I’m leaning towards Toronto here. Rodriguez hasn’t been great on the road, but he had a solid start against Houston last time out, it was just Toronto’s lack of offense that came back to bite them and while that could be a concern here as well, I trust him against Seattle’s offense that hasn’t been able to do much against righties as of late. Toronto’s a better team than what we’ve seen from them as of late and I think they get to Hancock here so I’ll back Toronto.