The Toronto Blue Jays can win their third World Series when they host the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre on Halloween night.
The pregame narrative: Toronto turns to Kevin Gausman with a 3-2 series lead, looking for its first title since 1993. In a Game 2 rematch, the reigning champs will deploy Yoshinobu Yamamoto in hopes of keeping their season alive.
Check out my Blue Jays Game 6 picks vs. the Dodgers on Friday, Oct. 31 at Rogers Centre, featuring a prop prediction on Gausman.
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Blue Jays Game 6 picks vs. Dodgers
Best bet: Toronto over 3.5 runs (+112)
The chances of Yamamoto throwing a third complete game in a row are slim.
Toronto should have opportunities against Los Angeles’ bullpen, which hasn’t been striking anyone out and has a .273 opponents’ batting average and 4.15 ERA in the World Series.
Expecting sheer dominance from Yamamoto before turning it over is asking a lot.
He’s been throwing as well as nearly any pitcher the last two months (two runs or fewer in nine of his last 10 starts) and carved up Toronto earlier this series.
Yamamoto is the only pitcher this postseason to strike out more than seven Blue Jays in a game, limiting them to four hits in a pristine Game 2 outing.
Toronto has hit well outside of that game, batting .261 and getting on base at a .341 clip this series, facing nothing but elite starting pitching.
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And they didn’t go up against slouches in matchups vs. the New York Yankees or Seattle Mariners. In 16 postseason games, Toronto ranks No. 1 in the following categories:
- Average: .281
- OBP: .350
- wRC+: 129
- K rate: 16.3%
And they hit home runs, powered by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s postseason-leading eight (Shohei Ohtani has eight, too).
Vladdy (.415) is one of five Blue Jays hitting above .300 in the playoffs, alongside Ernie Clement, Addison Barger, Bo Bichette and Nathan Lukes.
George Springer (third in regular season OPS) hasn’t been ruled out for Game 6, either. As much as the Jays would love to have him in the lineup, his absence hasn’t hurt Toronto in the last two games (both victories)
This offence can beat you several different ways and has scored five-plus in four of the five games vs. L.A.
Key stat: Toronto is 12-4 against this number in the playoffs after finishing the regular season second in runs per game and third in OPS.
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Jays vs. Dodgers best bets
Gausman over 15.5 outs (-114): This isn’t an elimination game for Toronto, but John Schneider could very well manage it like one. No one on Toronto’s side wants to see Game 7.
The teams are coming off a much-needed off day after three straight, which included an 18-inning game.
But Trey Yesavage helped spare the bullpen in Game 5, going deep enough to get the ball right to high-leverage arms Seranthony Dominguez and Jeff Hoffman.
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It’s asking a ton out of Gausman to repeat that. I’d imagine a situation calls for a Mason Fluharty or Louis Varland before the back-end arms, but that doesn’t mean Gausman can’t clear this.
- He matched Yamamoto into the seventh inning of Game 2 before allowing a pair of solo homers.
- Gausman held the Dodgers to four hits, walked none and struck out six.
- The righty has a 2.55 ERA this postseason, including an inning of relief work, and is a perfect 4-0 vs. this line.
Since the all-star break, he’s thrown more than five innings in 15 of 17 starts.
Blue Jays Game 6 picks made at 1:50 p.m. ET on 10/30/2025.
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Chris joined NorthStar Gaming from Covers.com where he was a publishing editor and wrote betting content. Before that, he was the sports editor at VICE Canada, worked for theScore and covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com. In addition to filling out the lineup card each day for the editorial team, Chris writes frequently himself, primarily on the NBA and MLB.