Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction 6-23-23 MLB Picks

The Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays meet Friday in MLB action at Rogers Centre. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Oakland Athletics Betting Preview

The Oakland Athletics have scored 9 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 8 of their last 9 games. The Athletics have lost 7 straight games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Esteury Ruiz leads the Athletics with 79 hits and 31 RBI, while Brent Rooker and Ryan Noda have combined for 106 hits and 68 RBI. James Kaprielian gets the ball, and he is 2-6 with a 6.38 ERA and 49 strikeouts this season. This will be Kaprielian’s second career game against the Blue Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview

The Toronto Blue Jays have scored 8 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 of their last 8 games. The Blue Jays have won 8 of their last 12 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Bo Bichette leads the Blue Jays with 101 hits and 46 RBI, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer have combined for 154 hits and 73 RBI. Chris Bassitt gets the ball, and he is 7-5 with a 4.16 ERA and 77 strikeouts this season. Bassitt is 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA and 7 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.

Trends

The Athletics are 14-42 in their last 56 road games and 17-55 in their last 72 overall. The Blue Jays are 1-4 in their last 5 games following a win and 9-2 in their last 11 Friday games. The under is 6-1 in Athletics last 7 overall. The under is 5-2 in Blue Jays last 7 games following a win. The Athletics are 6-20 in the last 26 meetings in Toronto and 5-14 in the last 19 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

As Ive done all year, I’ll continue to fade the Oakland Athletics, a team that doesn’t win and continues to burn a hole in bettors pockets. The Toronto Blue Jays are kind of due for an offensive breakout and James Kaprielian seems like the pitcher who can help them with that given his 6.38 ERA and 1.64 WHIP. Give me the Blue Jays and the RL for max betting value.