The Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays meet Sunday 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 9 of their last 11 games. The Athletics have lost 8 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 108 hits and 69 RBI. Luis Medina gets the ball, and he is 1-6 with a 7.01 ERA and 41 strikeouts this season. This will be Medina’s first career game against the Blue Jays.
Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview
The Toronto Blue Jays have scored 17 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 4 of their last 8 games. The Blue Jays have split their last 10 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Bo Bichette leads the Blue Jays with 104 hits and 46 RBI, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer have combined for 160 hits and 79 RBI. Yusei Kikuchi gets the ball, and he is 6-2 with a 3.97 ERA and 77 strikeouts this season. Kikuchi is 1-3 with a 3.75 ERA and 46 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
Trends
The Athletics are 13-38 in their last 51 road games and 18-56 in their last 74 overall. The Blue Jays are 6-2 in their last 8 during game 3 of a series and 5-2 in their last 7 Sunday games. The under is 6-2-1 in Athletics last 9 overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Blue Jays last 6 overall. The Athletics are 17-35 in the last 52 meetings in Toronto and 6-15 in the last 21 meetings.
Randy’s Pick
The Oakland Athletics have been fade material all season for me, as they don’t win games, they don’t score runs, and they don’t put money in bettors pockets. Also, Luis Medina has been horrible this season with his 7.01 ERA and 1.56 WHIP. I’ll continue fading the Athletics. Give me the Toronto Blue Jays and the RL for max betting value.
