How to Watch the Cardinals vs Blue Jays Game - Saturday August 01, 2026

+120O/U: 8.5
(-110/-110)-140

Quinn Mathews – Over/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (+130/-165)
With 7 bats who bat from the other side in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Quinn Mathews will be at a disadvantage while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances today.
Explain: Right-handed pitchers perform worse against left-handed hitters (and visa-versa). If several hitters hold this advantage against the pitcher, it can have a huge impact on whether he will perform well or struggle on any given day.
Lars Nootbaar – Over/Under Total Bases
Lars Nootbaar hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (41% — 100th percentile) and is fortunate to face baseball’s 10th-shallowest CF fences in today’s game.
Explain: This player’s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.

Kevin Gausman – Over/Under 5.5 Strikeouts (+110/-140)
In his previous start, Kevin Gausman was rolling and put up 11 strikeouts.
Explain: A pitcher who was strong in his last outing may be sharp once again in his next outing.
Daulton Varsho – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-185/+145)
Daulton Varsho has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (60% of the time), but he is projected to bat 7th in the lineup today.
Explain: The lower in the order a player bats, the fewer plate appearances he will get and the fewer opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits lower in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting higher.
The Toronto Blue Jays (17.6 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are projected to have the least strikeout-heavy set of batters of the day.
Explain: THE BAT X analyzes each player in today’s specific lineup to figure out which teams have the least inherent strikeout potential for the opposing pitcher.

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