{"id":358340,"date":"2025-07-18T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=358340"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:07:20","slug":"giants-vs-blue-jays-picks-july-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/giants-vs-blue-jays-picks-july-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants vs. Blue Jays prop picks July 18: Back George Springer, Chris Bassitt on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their second half with a three-game set against the San Francisco Giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative: <\/strong>Toronto leads the AL East coming out of the all-star break for the first time since 2000, and is favoured to win on Friday behind Chris Bassitt. San Francisco counters with Justin Verlander, who has thrown two no-hitters at Rogers Centre in his Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Giants vs. Blue Jays picks for July 18, featuring Bassitt and George Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Giants vs. Blue Jays picks<\/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: Springer to score (-125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blue Jays have been the hottest team in baseball over the last 30 days, posting an MLB-best 17-8 record since June 17 while averaging 5.48 runs per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a look at what Springer did during that run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.322\/.385\/.540 slash line<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18 runs in 24 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12% K rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veteran outfielder is seeing the ball well, rarely going down on strikes and hitting for elite power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Springer is projected to bat second for the Jays tonight and should have plenty of opportunities to get on base against Verlander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 42-year-old righty has gotten smacked around this season with a 4.70 ERA and 1.42 WHIP in 15 starts. Verlander&#8217;s 4.82 xERA tells us this isn&#8217;t bad luck, but rather Father Time coming for another victim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Springer is 6-for-16 against Verlander in his career with two home runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bassitt over 17.5 outs (-134):<\/strong> I don&#8217;t love these odds but believe Bassitt will carve through a struggling Giants lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>San Francisco ranks bottom three in batting average (.217), slugging percentage (.347) and wRC+ (85) over the last 30 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bassitt has logged 6.0+ IP in five of his last seven starts and has a 2.81 ERA at home. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only person on the Giants with any success against Bassitt is Rafael Devers (8-for-17, 3 HR), who has wildly underperformed since joining via trade on June 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devers is batting .202 with a .326 SLG in 25 games with SF and has reportedly been dealing with a disk injury, which has limited production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of Devers, San Francisco is 7-for-47 (.148 batting average) against Bassitt with a 34.0% K rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blue Jays picks made at 10:56 a.m. ET on 07\/18\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their second half with a three-game set against the San Francisco Giants. 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