{"id":297893,"date":"2024-09-22T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=297893"},"modified":"2024-09-22T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T14:35:02","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-rays-september-22-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-rays-september-22-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays picks vs. Rays Sept. 22: Fade Toronto in series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Toronto Blue Jays are on the cusp of being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Shane Baz gets the start for Tampa Bay and his strong results have me eyeing the Rays on the moneyline. Offence has been tough to come by in this series and I’ll gladly take the under in this contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the best Blue Jays picks vs. the Rays on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Jays picks vs. Rays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MLB markets: Click Here<\/a> | MLB stats: Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Bet: Rays moneyline (-137)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #95321<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baz gets the ball for Tampa Bay and that’s been a good thing in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The righty pairs a 3.21 ERA with a 4.21 FIP and the results have been even better lately. His ERA drops to 2.03 over his last five starts while the Rays won three of those contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batters are having a tough time making contact and getting on base against Baz this campaign. Opposing hitters are mustering a lowly .205 batting average and .279 on-base percentage against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baz gets by on his fastball which holds a 77th-percentile velocity rating, according to Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays haven’t listed a starter and appear headed for a bullpen day. The problem with that is they don’t have a very good bullpen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toronto ranks 28th in bullpen ERA (4.74), allowing the most home runs (87) while accumulating the second-fewest strikeouts (470) in the majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My expectations are low for a Toronto team that doesn’t have the offence to hit its way out of a bad pitching performance. Back the Rays to win comfortably and earn the series sweep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key stat:<\/strong> The Blue Jays have lost three consecutive games to Tampa Bay, being outscored 16-2 in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick pick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Under 7.5 runs (-107):<\/strong> Toronto’s offence is in a slump entering this contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #95327<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays have scored six runs across their last four games and scored zero runs twice during this span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The matchup against Tampa Bay only magnifies these issues as Toronto is scoreless in two of its last three contests against the Rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continues to produce but the rest of the offence is doing very little to support him. Guerrero is responsible for seven of the Blue Jays’ 19 hits across their last four outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay typically cashes the under when Baz is on the mound. The under on this total has hit in six of his last nine starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picks made at 10:09 a.m. on 09\/22\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Blue Jays are on the cusp of being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays. The pregame narrative: Shane Baz gets the start for Tampa Bay and his strong results have me eyeing the Rays on the moneyline. Offence has been tough to come by in this series and I’ll gladly take the under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":297934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,65],"tags":[184,130],"class_list":["post-297893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-toronto-blue-jays","tag-blue-jays-2","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlue Jays picks, odds vs. Rays: Sept. 22 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks and props vs. the Rays for Sept. 22. 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