{"id":350941,"date":"2025-06-04T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=350941"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:12:16","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies vs. Blue Jays prop picks June 4: Bet on Bryce Harper, Vladimir Guerrero Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philadelphia Phillies aim for a series win tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/bryce_harper\/batting-stats\">Bryce Harper<\/a> homered in his return to action yesterday as Philadelphia routed Toronto, 8-3. This matchup is a pick&#8217;em with Jose Berrios pitching for the Jays opposite Mick Abel, who was lights out in his MLB debut in May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Blue Jays vs. Phillies prop picks on June 4, featuring Harper and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/vladimir_guerrero_jr\/batting-stats\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr<\/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: Harper to score (-114)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything is gravy for Philadelphia when Harper is playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Phillies are 11-1 in the last 12 games with the two-time MVP in the lineup. Harper crossed the plate in five of those contests, scoring seven total runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe he&#8217;ll be able to capitalize against Berrios tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s righty has a 3.86 ERA this season, but every outing has gas-can potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Berrios allowed 43 baserunners in 36.0 IP in May. He managed to put out those fires with 37 strikeouts, but Philadelphia has the eighth-lowest K rate in baseball. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to Baseball Savant, the righty ranks in the 35th percentile or lower in xERA (4.62), walk rate, barrel rate, and average exit velocity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper has had success against Berrios in a small sample. He&#8217;s reached base safely in 4-of-6 plate appearances with two walks and a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Philadelphia&#8217;s lineup is batting .276 against Berrios in 63 combined plate appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:114487\">Embed: #114487<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guerrero Jr. over 1.5 bases (-112):<\/strong> Abel&#8217;s MLB debut went about as well as it could last month. He worked six shutout innings and struck out nine batters in a 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that was against the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates, who rank bottom five in wRC+, batting average, and slugging percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expect the rookie to have a much tougher time against a Blue Jays lineup hitting its stride, and Guerrero is my pick to do the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vladdy ranks in the 85th percentile or better in xBA, xSLG, exit velocity, barrel rate and hard-hit rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abel&#8217;s bread and butter is an upper-90s fastball and a trio of breaking pitches. Guerrero has .559 xSLG on fastballs above 95 mph and a .526 xSLG against breaking pitches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guerrero has hits in nine of his last 10 games, clearing this line five times. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Phillies vs. Blue Jays picks made at 12:11 p.m. ET on 06\/04\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies aim for a series win tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The pregame narrative: Bryce Harper homered in his return to action yesterday as Philadelphia routed Toronto, 8-3. 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