Blue Jays vs. Brewers odds, tips and betting trends

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01 June 2023

Blue Jays vs. Brewers odds, tips and betting trends

In the final game of a three-game series at Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays (29-27) play the Milwaukee Brewers (29-26), Thursday at 1:07 PM ET.

The favored Blue Jays (-195 moneyline odds) take the field at home against the Brewers (+166). The Toronto Blue Jays will give the start to Kevin Gausman (3-3, 3.03 ERA), who is looking for win No. 4 on the season, and the Brewers will counter with Freddy Peralta (5-4, 4.47 ERA).

These squads meet again after the Brewers’ 4-2 victory over the Blue Jays yesterday. Julio Teheran (6.0 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 K) registered the win for the Brewers. Abraham Toro went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead the team on offense. Alek Manoah (4.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 K) was credited with the loss on the mound for the Blue Jays.

Here is what you need to get ready for Thursday’s Blue Jays vs. Brewers contest, including viewing options.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Milwaukee Brewers Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Blue Jays (-195, bet $195 to win $100)
Underdog: Brewers (+166, bet $100 to win $166)
Over/under: 8.5

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Blue Jays Stats and Trends

Blue Jays Betting Records

This season, the Blue Jays have been favored 39 times and won 21, or 53.8%, of those games.
Toronto has a record of 6-4 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -195 on the moneyline.
The Blue Jays have a 66.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 27 of its 56 chances.
The Blue Jays are 27-29-0 against the spread this season.

Kevin Gausman (Blue Jays Probable Starter)

The Blue Jays will send Gausman (3-3) to make his 12th start of the season. He is 3-3 with a 3.03 ERA and 89 strikeouts through 68 1/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Saturday, the right-hander tossed 5 1/3 innings against the Minnesota Twins, allowing one earned run while surrendering four hits.
The 32-year-old has put together a 3.03 ERA and 11.7 strikeouts per nine innings across 11 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .233 to opposing hitters.
Gausman has collected eight quality starts this season.
Gausman is aiming for his fifth straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 6.2 frames per appearance on the hill.
He meets a Brewers offense that ranks 26th in the league with 220 runs while batting .230 as a unit. It has a collective .380 slugging percentage (26th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 65 home runs (11th in MLB).
The 32-year-old’s 3.03 ERA ranks 17th, 1.127 WHIP ranks 26th, and 11.7 K/9 ranks fourth among qualifying pitchers this season.

Blue Jays Batting Stats

The Blue Jays rank 17th in Major League Baseball with 62 home runs.
Fueled by 172 extra-base hits, Toronto ranks 10th in MLB with a .420 slugging percentage this season.
The Blue Jays’ .265 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking third in MLB.
Toronto has scored 266 runs (4.8 per game) this season, which ranks 11th in MLB.
The Blue Jays have an OBP of .331 this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
Toronto has shown patience at the plate this season with the fifth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.

Brewers Stats and Trends

Brewers Betting Records

The Brewers have come away with 14 wins in the 26 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
Milwaukee has been listed as an underdog of +166 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 37.6% chance of pulling out a win.
Milwaukee and its opponents have hit the over in 24 of its 55 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
The Brewers have an against the spread record of 26-29-0 in 55 games with a line this season.

Freddy Peralta (Brewers Probable Starter)

Peralta (5-4 with a 4.47 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 54 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Brewers, his 11th of the season.
His last time out was on Saturday against the San Francisco Giants, when the righty went 2 1/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up eight hits.
In 10 games this season, the 26-year-old has a 4.47 ERA and 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .249 to opposing hitters.
Peralta heads into the matchup with six quality starts under his belt this year.
Peralta has put up nine starts this season where he pitched five or more innings.
The opposing Blue Jays offense has the 10th-ranked slugging percentage (.420) and ranks 17th in home runs hit (62) in all of MLB. They have a collective .265 batting average, and are third in the league with 519 total hits and 11th in MLB play scoring 266 runs.

Brewers Batting Stats

The Brewers rank 11th in baseball with 65 total home runs.
This season, Milwaukee is slugging .380, the fifth-lowest percentage in the majors.
The Brewers rank 26th in MLB with a .230 batting average.
Milwaukee is the fifth-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging four runs per game (220 total).
The Brewers’ .307 on-base percentage ranks 24th in baseball.

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