Blue Jays vs. Rays odds, tips and betting trends

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15 April 2023

Blue Jays vs. Rays odds, tips and betting trends

The Tampa Bay Rays (13-1) will visit the Toronto Blue Jays (9-5), in the second game of a three-game series, Saturday at 3:07 PM ET.

The Blue Jays are favored (-119) in an expected close game against the Rays (-101). The Toronto Blue Jays will hand the ball to Yusei Kikuchi (1-0, 6.75 ERA), who is looking for win No. 2 on the season, and the Rays will turn to Calvin Faucher.

The Blue Jays defeated the Rays 6-3 yesterday, with Jose Berrios getting the win (5.0 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 6 K) and Bo Bichette leading the way offensively (going 5-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI). Drew Rasmussen (4.1 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 4 K) took the loss for the Rays.

To prepare for the Blue Jays vs. Rays matchup, here’s everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:20 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Blue Jays (-119, bet $119 to win $100)
Underdog: Rays (-101, bet $101 to win $100)
Over/under: 9.5

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Blue Jays Stats and Trends

Blue Jays Betting Records

The Blue Jays have won six of the nine games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Toronto is 5-3 this season when entering a game favored by -119 or more on the moneyline.
The implied probability of a win from the Blue Jays, based on the moneyline, is 54.3%.
So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in seven of 14 games with a total.
The Blue Jays are 7-7-0 against the spread in their 14 chances this season.

Yusei Kikuchi (Blue Jays Probable Starter)

The Blue Jays are sending Kikuchi (1-0) to the mound for his third start of the season.
The lefty last pitched on Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels, when he threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing six earned runs while giving up nine hits.
In two appearances this season, he has put up a 6.75 ERA and averages 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .316 against him.
He will match up with a Rays offense that ranks fourth in MLB with 132 total hits (on a .283 batting average). The squad also slugs a collective .563 (first in MLB) with 34 total home runs (first in MLB).

Blue Jays Batting Stats

The Blue Jays’ 16 home runs rank 12th in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for Toronto rank 10th in the majors with a combined .429 team slugging percentage.
No team has a better batting average than the .285 AVG the Blue Jays have posted this season.
Toronto is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking fifth with 74 total runs this season.
The Blue Jays have an OBP of .348 this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
Toronto ranks eighth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 whiffs per contest.

Rays Stats and Trends

Rays Betting Records

The Rays have yet to play a game this season where they are named as the underdog.
This will be the worst odds to win that sportsbooks have assigned Tampa Bay this season with a -101 moneyline set for this game.
The Rays have an implied victory probability of 50.2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in nine of its 14 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
The Rays are 12-2-0 against the spread in their 14 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Calvin Faucher (Rays Probable Starter)

Faucher will start for the Rays, his first this season.
The 27-year-old righty pitched in relief in his most recent outing this season, one of four appearances so far.
Opposing hitters have a collective batting average of .292 against him this season. He has a 4.50 ERA and 6 strikeouts per nine innings over his four appearances.
The Blue Jays have put up 74 runs this season (fifth in MLB) and are batting .285 collectively with 16 home runs (12th in the league).

Rays Batting Stats

The Tampa Bay Rays average 2.4 home runs per game and have hit a league-high 34 home runs in total.
So far this season, Tampa Bay is the top slugging team in MLB play with a .563 slugging percentage.
The Rays have the third-best batting average in the league (.283).
Tampa Bay has the most productive offense in the majors, scoring 7.4 runs per game (104 total runs).
The Tampa Bay Rays lead the league with a .357 on-base percentage.

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