{"id":354545,"date":"2025-06-25T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=354545"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:03:50","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-guardians-june-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-guardians-june-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Guardians prop picks June 25: Back Max Scherzer in his return, Vladimir Guerrero Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Scherzer returns to the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; rotation on Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative: <\/strong>Scherzer threw just three innings in his Jays debut before landing on the injured list with right thumb inflammation in late March. The 40-year-old is back in the mix, though, after a pair of stellar rehab outings in Triple-A. Cleveland counters with hard-throwing righty Gavin Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Blue Jays picks vs. the Guardians for June 25, featuring Scherzer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Guardians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/baseball\/competitions\/10065\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging\"><strong>MLB player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/standings\/division\"><strong>MLB standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Bet: Guerrero over 1.5 total bases (+115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s offence has been humming along nicely, and that&#8217;s without Guerrero playing near his ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks like the $500-million man has found something, though. Check out his stats since the beginning of Toronto&#8217;s last homestand (seven games). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.360 batting average<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.720 slugging percentage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three doubles, two home runs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60% hard-hit rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s an encouraging sign, considering Guerrero has been hitting the cover off the ball all year (96th percentile hard-hit rate, 54.5%) with underwhelming results. Baseball Savant defines a &#8220;hard-hit ball&#8221; as a batted ball with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guerrero ranks in the 100th percentile for xBA (.324) and in the 92nd for xSLG (.540), so I&#8217;m hoping he can continue turning those expected numbers into real results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams isn&#8217;t an ideal matchup for a bases prop because of his propensity to walk batters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The righty has a fifth-percentile walk rate (12.9%) and has given up 16 BBs in his last five starts. But the righty&#8217;s arsenal is something Guerrero should get after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He throws an upper-90s fastball 43% of the time, and Guerrero has a .374 xBA and .613 xSLG vs. four-seamers above 95 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Guerrero is 5-2 against this line in his last seven games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scherzer over 4.5 strikeouts (-118):<\/strong> This is a bit of a risky pick considering Scherzer&#8217;s injury history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the veteran wouldn&#8217;t be returning to the lineup if he wasn&#8217;t ready, and he&#8217;s coming off an electric Triple-A start:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 8 K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scherzer has always been an elite swing-and-miss arm, ranking in the 80th percentile or higher for K rate in every full season since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also gets to go up against a struggling Guardians lineup. Cleveland has the sixth-highest K rate (24.5%) and fourth-lowest wRC+ (86) over the last 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto also used five relievers last night, and four of them threw 10-plus pitches. A little length out of Scherzer would do wonders for this wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blue Jays picks made at 9:52 a.m. ET on 06\/25\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Scherzer returns to the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; rotation on Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians. The pregame narrative: Scherzer threw just three innings in his Jays debut before landing on the injured list with right thumb inflammation in late March. 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