Avery Perri

The 121st World Series will be decided on Saturday night when the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers lock horns for Game 7 at Rogers Centre.

The pregame narrative: L.A. staved off elimination last night and is favoured to win its second consecutive title behind none other than Shohei Ohtani, who is expected to start on short rest. Toronto counters with 41-year-old Max Scherzer in what could possibly be his final MLB game.

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Dodgers vs. Blue Jays Game 7 SGP

Blue Jays moneyline | Ohtani 3+ Ks | Barger 1+ hits (+400)

Blue Jays moneyline (+125): Toronto fans received a gut punch last night, but that doesn’t mean the Blue Jays can’t win it all.

Two of Toronto’s three losses this series came with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. The other was in an 18-inning game.

I doubt the Japanese hurler will be available on zero rest, and think Toronto can get after a combination of Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow.

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The Jays hit Ohtani for four runs in 6.0 innings on Tuesday, and he should be vulnerable on short rest. As for Glasnow, who closed out last night’s game, he has had rough road splits (4.08 ERA) and gave up four runs in Game 3.

Los Angeles is hitting just .191 as a team in the World Series, so I’m not worried about Scherzer having a tough outing.

The veteran has delievered time and time again for the Jays this postseason. I expect him to put a bow on a Hall-of-Fame career with an epic Game 7 performance.

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MLB SGP picks

Ohtani 3+ Ks (-360): Ohtani will probably have a short leash given that it’s Game 7 and he’s on three days’ rest. But I still like his chances of clearing this teased-down line.

• The right-hander’s 33.2% K rate would have ranked in the 93rd percentile had he thrown enough innings to qualify this year.

• Ohtani is 14-0 against this milestone in the regular season and playoffs outside of his first three games as a pitcher (when he never went above 2.0 IP).

• He struck out six Blue Jays on 93 pitches in Game 4.

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Toronto has been the hardest team to retire on strikes in the regular season and playoffs. But there has been a bit more swing-and-miss from the lineup lately.

On top of Ohtani recording six Ks, Yoshinobu Yamamoto recorded six and seven Ks in his two starts. And Blake Snell fanned seven in Game 5.

Barger 1+ hits (-125): Barger made arguably the worst mistake in franchise history by getting doubled-up to end the game on Friday. But I don’t care — look at his slash line over the last 11 games:

• .421/.476/.737
• Six multi-hit games
• 10-1 vs. this line

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The young outfielder has been raking, with four straight multi-hit games. He can go from zero to hero with another big game tonight, and he has an outside chance at winning World Series MVP in the process.

Barger singled off of Ohtani in Game 4 and has hit RHPs well all season. I expect him to deliver tonight.

Dodgers vs. Blue Jays predictions as of 8:25 a.m. on 11/01/2025.

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The Commissioner’s Trophy is at Rogers Centre on Friday night as the Toronto Blue Jays look to capture their third World Series title.

The pregame narrative: Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been lights out for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and threw a complete game earlier this series. Toronto counters with its own ace, Kevin Gausman, who has a 2.55 ERA this postseason. L.A. is slightly favoured to force Game 7 and keep its back-to-back bid alive.

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World Series prop picks: Game 6

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Best bet: Kirk 1+ RBI (+225)

All signs are pointing toward George Springer returning for the Jays tonight.

That means the top of Toronto’s lineup should look like this, per RotoWire (postseason OBP in parentheses):

• George Springer (.323)
• Nathan Lukes (.367)
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.506)
• Bo Bichette (.389)

Kirk is slated to hit fifth, which is a prime spot for run production.

Toronto’s offence is leading the playoffs in runs per game (6.3), batting average (.281), OBP (.350), wRC+ (129) and K rate (16.3%).

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Kirk is second to only Vladdy this postseason with 13 RBI, and is leading the World Series with six runs driven in.

In a vacuum, backing him at these odds seems like a no-brainer. But there’s the Yamamoto problem.

The Japanese ace is coming off back-to-back complete games and owns a 1.63 ERA this postseason.

Can he do it again? I’m doubtful.

Toronto has destroyed elite pitching all postseason, and is facing Yamamoto for the second time in a week. He’s not invincible, and the Jays had some bad batted-ball luck against him in Game 2:

• .133 BA
• .256 xBA
• 43% hard-hit rate

I expect the Jays to win the World Series tonight and for Kirk to play a big factor.

Key stat: Kirk has had 20 at-bats with runners in scoring position this postseason. That’s 31.7% of his total postseason ABs.

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Dodgers vs. Blue Jays prop prediction

Barger 1+ hit (-148): I don’t love these odds, but I do love how Barger is playing.

• Barger has a hit in nine of his last 10 games.

• In that span, he has five multi-hit games and is batting .412.

The only outlying performance was against Yamamoto in Game 2, where he went 0-for-3. But Barger didn’t have a single whiff in those at-bats and has hit RHP well all season.

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There isn’t much more to say here. I want to ride the hot hand and will also be sprinkling the over on his 1.5 base total at +170.

Barger is 4-1 against that line in this series.

World Series prop picks made at 10:15 a.m. ET on 10/31/2025.

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