The Toronto Blue Jays look for a series sweep over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
The pregame narrative: Yesterday’s game needed 12 innings to decide a winner, and Bo Bichette was the hero with his bat and on defence. For today’s contest, Kevin Gausman starts for Toronto opposite Eury Perez for Miami.
Check out my Blue Jays best bets vs. the Marlins for Aug. 24.
Blue Jays best bets vs. Marlins
Best bet: Bichette over 1.5 total bases (+100)
The hard-hitting shortstop drove in the game-winning run in the top of the 12th inning before picking off the runner on second base to help secure the win in the bottom half.
But he didn’t need the extra innings to top this line.
In total, he had four singles in six at-bats, easily cashing this wager.
That makes three straight games with at least two total bases for Bichette.
On Sunday, he’ll see Marlins’ ace Eury Perez, but I don’t have much concern with the matchup.
It’s a very limited sample size, but Bichette has one hit in two at-bats vs. Perez in his career — nothing crazy, but still something that works in our favour.
More importantly, Perez has a below-average walk rate (9.3%), so there should be plenty of chances for Bichette to hit something hard.
Additionally, the Marlins’ Bullpen has a 4.34 ERA over the last 30 days and should be rather spent from last night’s lengthy contest.
Key stat: Bichette’s on an eight-game hitting streak, slashing .424/.472/.545 during that span.
Jays prop bet
Perez under 16.5 outs (-105): What drew me to this pick was the previously mentioned low walk rate.
Toronto’s lineup is already hard to deal with, and it could be seeing the return of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- The Blue Jays strike out the fewest times per game (6.70)
- Toronto has the best batting average as a team (.267)
- They also draw 3.28 walks per game (11th).
- Three of their top four hitters (Bichette, Guerrero, and Alejandro Kirk) have better than an 85th-percentile K-rate, with George Springer sitting in the 67th-percentile.
A healthy Jays lineup can do damage against any pitcher, and Perez should need to work hard in this one.
The hard-throwing righty gets a lot of strikeouts (25.6% K rate) on top of walking a lot of batters. It’s a formula for a high pitch count even in successful outings.
Despite having a 3.82 ERA over his last six starts, he’s 2-4 against this line.
Blue Jays best bets made at 10:14 a.m. ET on 08/24/2025.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.