
Toronto Blue Jays
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Boston Red Sox
+110O/U: 8.5
(-120/+100)-130
(-120/+100)-130
Toronto Blue Jays Insights
- Trey Yesavage – Over/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-110/-120)Trey Yesavage has averaged 93.6 adjusted pitches per start this year, grading out in the 85th percentile.Explain: Pitchers who average more pitches per game are more likely to go deeper into games and record more outs.
- Daulton Varsho – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-170/+130)Daulton Varsho has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (61% of the time), but he is projected to hit 7th in the batting order 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.
- Alejandro Kirk – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+145/-190)Alejandro Kirk has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (41.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest RF 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.
Boston Red Sox Insights
- Patrick Sandoval – Over/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (+115/-145)The Toronto Blue Jays have 8 bats in the projected lineup that will hold the platoon advantage over Patrick Sandoval in this game, which is especially precarious given his large platoon split.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.
- Caleb Durbin – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+155/-205)Caleb Durbin has been cold in recent games, with his seasonal exit velocity of 84.4-mph dropping to 82.4-mph in the last two weeks’ worth of games.Explain: Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.
- It may be sensible to expect better numbers for the Boston Red Sox offense going forward, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) views them as the 9th-unluckiest offense in MLB this year.Explain: When teams underperform their projected talent level, markets may undervalue them even while they are likely to perform better in the near future.
Betting Trends
- Boston Red Sox – Moneyline (-130)The Boston Red Sox have hit the Moneyline in 20 of their last 23 games (+16.50 Units / 56% ROI)
- Toronto Blue Jays – Over/Under 4.5 Team Total (+110/-140)The Toronto Blue Jays have hit the Team Total Under in 16 of their last 21 games (+10.85 Units / 45% ROI)
- Willson Contreras – Over/Under 1.5 Hits Runs and RBIs (-130/+100)Willson Contreras has hit the Hits Runs and RBIs Over in 12 of his last 15 games (+8.20 Units / 43% ROI)
