{"id":342900,"date":"2025-04-29T15:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=342900"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:01:30","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-red-sox-april-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-red-sox-april-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox vs. Blue Jays prop picks April 29: Bet on Rafael Devers to score, Bowden Francis to work deep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bowden Francis<\/a> is expected to start for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday when they host the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative:<\/strong> I have mixed feelings on Francis, but I do expect him to work deep into tonight’s game for Toronto. On Boston’s side of things, I’m targeting two platoon-advantaged hitters \u2014 Rafael Devers<\/a> and Wilyer Abreu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my Blue Jays picks vs. Red Sox for April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Jays picks vs. Red Sox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best Bet: Francis over 17.5 outs (-129)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I faded Francis’ outs prop his last time out, and it cashed. I’m still not high on the right-hander based on the quality of contact he’s allowing, but I do think he can stick around for a fairly lengthy outing tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays were off Monday, but that was on the heels of a doubleheader in New York on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it stands right now, the Jays appear to be lining up for a bullpen game tomorrow night before the four-man rotation turns over on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, it’d be really nice for Toronto to get some length from Francis. It’s no guarantee, but the team should be motivated to give him a longer leash in order to maximize relief options for Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also helps to know that Francis has great (albeit limited) numbers against the active Red Sox lineup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n