{"id":344517,"date":"2025-05-06T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=344517"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:34:44","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-angels-may-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-angels-may-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Angels prop picks May 6: Bet the over on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.&#8217;s bases prop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays hit the West Coast to open a series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/vladimir_guerrero_jr\/batting-stats\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> is still struggling to find consistent power, but he knows how to mash against lefties \u2014 and particularly against Angels starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/tyler_anderson\/pitching-stats\">Tyler Anderson<\/a>. In fact, Toronto&#8217;s offence as a whole has been among the best in the league against southpaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m backing Guerrero and fading Anderson in my <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Blue Jays picks vs. the Angels<\/a> on May 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Angels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best Bet<\/a>: Guerrero over 1.5 bases (+104)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guerrero has been a frustrating player to back on his bases prop this season, but it hasn&#8217;t been as fruitless of a venture as you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guerrero has 2+ bases in 16 of 34 games (47.1%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s averaging 1.6 bases this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Baseball Savant is still bullish on Guerrero&#8217;s batted ball quality, which matters to me. His .414 SLG is far below his .524 xSLG, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first baseman also ranks in the 89th percentile or better in xBA, xwOBA, average exit velocity, hard-hit rate and barrel rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now he gets a lefty-righty matchup against L.A.&#8217;s Anderson. That&#8217;s a plus for the guy wielding the bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guerrero has done serious damage against lefties since the start of last season, posting a .301\/.404\/.534 slash line. His 164 wRC+ against LHPs in that span ranks 14th among 137 qualified hitters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plus-money bases prop for Vladdy is still playable on most nights, and tonight is one of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Guerrero is 6-for-11 with two doubles against Anderson. Last year in Anderson&#8217;s start at Angel Stadium, Vlad Jr. went 3-for-5 with a double. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113461\">Embed: #113461<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\">Full MLB betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\">MLB injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\">MLB stats &amp; standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Anderson under 17.5 outs (-109)<\/a>:<\/strong> The Blue Jays&#8217; offence has been among the worst in the majors, but there&#8217;s a notable split in results depending on the handedness of the pitcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>vs. LHP:<\/strong> .247\/.339\/.387, 112 wRC+, 10.7 BB%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>vs. RHP:<\/strong> .235\/.301\/.340, 85 wRC+, 7.7 BB%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s 112 wRC+ against lefties ranks sixth in MLB. Its 85 wRC+ against righties ranks 26th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson faced Toronto twice last season, going 0-2 while allowing nine earned runs on 10 hits in 10.2 innings. He went under this outs total both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Angels are coming off a rest day and have a perfectly refreshed bullpen. None of their relievers have worked more than once in the past three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays picks vs. Angels made at 11:09 a.m. ET on 05\/06\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays hit the West Coast to open a series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. The pregame narrative: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is still struggling to find consistent power, but he knows how to mash against lefties \u2014 and particularly against Angels starter Tyler Anderson. In fact, Toronto&#8217;s offence as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":344535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-344517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Jays picks vs. Angels: May 6 MLB betting | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks vs. Angels for May 6, 2025. 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