{"id":356797,"date":"2025-07-09T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=356797"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:45:41","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-white-sox-july-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-white-sox-july-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. White Sox prop picks July 9: Take the over on Eric Lauer&#8217;s strikeouts prop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/eric_lauer\/pitching-stats\">Eric Lauer<\/a> gets the ball for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon as the team vies for an 11th consecutive victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> A rain-shortened win on Tuesday night kept Toronto&#8217;s bullpen fresh, and it meant a three-game sweep is in play against the Chicago White Sox. With a win on Wednesday, Toronto would have its longest streak since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays picks vs. White Sox for July 9, featuring Lauer 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. White Sox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Lauer over 4.5 Ks (-114)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My biggest concern with this pick is that the Blue Jays likely don&#8217;t need much length from Lauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bullpen is in good shape, with five pitchers entering Tuesday on at least two days of rest. And Toronto is off tomorrow, with the all-star break (July 14-17) arriving shortly thereafter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I&#8217;m drawn to the over on this strikeouts prop because Chicago is an A+ fit for Lauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The White Sox have the third-highest K rate in MLB vs. left-handed pitchers (26.5%). They also have the seventh-highest K rate overall (23.3%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lauer&#8217;s two best pitches by whiff rate are his curveball and slider, per Baseball Savant. Chicago has the ninth-highest whiff rate on those pitches vs. LHPs (35.7%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since entering the rotation on a full-time basis last month, Lauer has pitched into the fifth inning or deeper in five consecutive starts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has at least four Ks in each of those outings, averaging 5.4 Ks overall in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A five-inning start would be reasonable to expect from Lauer today. After all, the line on his outs prop is set at 15.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that Lauer has a 9.0 K\/9 this season, he should clear this Ks prop with that type of workload in a highly favourable matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Over the past 30 days, the White Sox have the fourth-highest strikeout rate in MLB (24.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:115657\">Embed: #115657<\/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>Bichette under 1.5 total bases (-143):<\/strong> Fading a Blue Jays star amid the team&#8217;s hot streak isn&#8217;t a fun option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But White Sox starter Adrian Houser has been excellent lately, and that has my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Houser, who made his season debut on May 20, has a 1.60 ERA and a .319 opponent SLG in eight starts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Right-hitting batters have a .183\/.216\/.215 slash line vs. Houser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bichette is 2-for-10 with one strikeout and zero extra-base hits vs. Houser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bichette has cashed the under on his bases prop in seven of his past 11 starts, posting a .333 SLG in that span. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His 105 OPS+ on the season isn&#8217;t what you want from a cleanup hitter, even if Toronto&#8217;s lineup is getting the job done as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays picks were made at 9:26 a.m. ET on 07\/09\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Lauer gets the ball for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon as the team vies for an 11th consecutive victory. The pregame narrative: A rain-shortened win on Tuesday night kept Toronto&#8217;s bullpen fresh, and it meant a three-game sweep is in play against the Chicago White Sox. With a win on Wednesday, Toronto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":356798,"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-356797","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. White Sox: July 9 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks vs. White Sox for July 9, 2025. 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