{"id":352723,"date":"2025-06-15T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=352723"},"modified":"2025-06-15T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:08:07","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-phillies-june-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Phillies prop picks June 15: Back Jose Berrios and Alejandro Kirk in series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies wrap up their series at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Philadelphia is favoured to win this game and sweep the series with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/zack_wheeler\/pitching-stats\">Zach Wheeler<\/a> (6-2, 2.85 ERA) on the bump. Toronto counters with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/jose_berrios\/pitching-stats\">Jose Berrios<\/a> (2-2, 3.38 ERA), who has been stellar on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Blue Jays picks<\/a> vs. the Phillies for June 15, with predictions on Berrios and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/alejandro_kirk\/batting-stats\">Alejandro Kirk<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best Bet<\/a>: Berrios over 4.5 strikeouts (-115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think this is a good spot to back Berrios, who is beginning to find some consistency on the mound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s righty has solid road splits and consistently works deep enough into games where he should have opportunities to clear this total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Berrios has pitched into the sixth inning in 10 straight starts, logging five straight quality starts (6.0 IP, three or fewer ER). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has a 2.50 ERA on the road (4.05 at home), holding opponents to a .215 BA (.247 at home).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berrios isn&#8217;t a big swing-and-miss arm by any means. His 20.8% K rate and 23.6% Whiff rate rank in the 41st and 40th percentile, respectively, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he&#8217;s performed much better against this Phillies lineup \u2014 24.7% K rate across 77 plate appearances \u2014 and cleared this line when he pitched against them on June 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s bullpen has already thrown 7.1 innings this series, so I expect Berrios to get a longer leash today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Berrios is 4-4 against this line since May 1, with at least four strikeouts in six of those starts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:114830\">Embed: #114830<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Kirk to record an RBI (+225)<\/a>:<\/strong> I&#8217;ll take a big swing on Kirk to record an RBI, which might seem daunting against a Cy Young-calibre arm like Wheeler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we can&#8217;t forget how hot Toronto&#8217;s bats have been lately and how productive Kirk has been. Take a look at what the group has done over the last three weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4.89 runs per game (fifth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.270 batting average (second)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>118 wRC+ (fourth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.329 OBP (sixth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that same span, Kirk is slashing an otherworldly .417\/.447\/.583 with 13 RBI in 16 games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rotowire projects the catcher to bat cleanup behind Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Addison Barger, which is an A-plus spot for run production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not saying this will be a gimmie \u2014 Wheeler has the fourth-best WHIP (0.90) in baseball and a 2.13 ERA since the start of May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But at this price, I&#8217;ll happily sprinkle on a red-hot hitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blue Jays picks made at 9:20 a.m. ET on 06\/15\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies wrap up their series at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday. The pregame narrative: Philadelphia is favoured to win this game and sweep the series with Zach Wheeler (6-2, 2.85 ERA) on the bump. Toronto counters with Jose Berrios (2-2, 3.38 ERA), who has been stellar on the road. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":352737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-352723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"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. Phillies: June 15 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks vs. Phillies for June 15, 2025. 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