{"id":350688,"date":"2025-06-03T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=350688"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:23:26","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies vs. Blue Jays prop picks June 3: Back Kyle Schwarber and Bo Bichette on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies at Rogers Centre on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Toronto is riding a five-game winning streak after demolishing the lowly Athletics over the weekend. Philadelphia, meanwhile, has lost four straight but is favoured to win tonight in Bryce Harper&#8217;s expected return to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Blue Jays vs. Phillies prop picks on June 3, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/kyle_schwarber\/batting-stats\">Kyle Schwarber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/bo_bichette\/batting-stats\">Bo Bichette<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Phillies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Bet: Schwarber over 1.5 bases (+116)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a smash play for me. Schwarber weilds a scorching bat and has a platoon advantage against a struggling Bowden Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schwarber is batting .333\/.443\/.639 over his last 10 games. In that span, he has five doubles and two home runs. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Francis has a 5.04 ERA this season and has the worst HR\/9 rate (2.44) in MLB among pitchers with over 50.0 IP. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply put, Toronto&#8217;s righty has been figured out after lighting up the league to close 2024. He ranks in the 20th percentile or lower in xERA, xBA, barrel rate, and hard-hit rate, according to Baseball Savant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Left-hitting batters are slugging .617 against Francis, while righties are slugging .383. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schwarber has only seen Francis once, but went 2-for-3 against him last September with a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Schwarber&#8217;s career SLG vs. righties (.524) is 100 points higher than his career SLG vs. lefties (.424).<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bichette to score (+105):<\/strong> Toronto&#8217;s bats have been red-hot lately, making its leadoff man an enticing pick to cross the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how the Jays have performed over the last 30 days (MLB ranks in parentheses): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>17.2% K rate (1st)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.274 batting average (2nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>127 wRC+ (2nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35 home runs (6th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bichette has been on a heater of his own, with hits in six consecutive games. In that span, he has two doubles, two home runs and has scored five times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez (3.32 ERA) has been good but not great this season. He has below-average walk and hard-hit rates and allowed 32 runners to reach base \u2014 ceding 10 runs \u2014 in his last four starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The righty does own an 80th percentile K rate (27.6%), but Toronto strikes out at the lowest clip in baseball. Bichette should have ample opportunities to get aboard and score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Phillies vs. Blue Jays picks made at 9:04 a.m. ET on 06\/03\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies at Rogers Centre on Tuesday. The pregame narrative: Toronto is riding a five-game winning streak after demolishing the lowly Athletics over the weekend. 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