{"id":359555,"date":"2025-07-25T10:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=359555"},"modified":"2025-07-25T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:26:54","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-tigers-july-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-tigers-july-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Tigers prop picks July 25: Bet on George Springer to score, fade Zach McKinstry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now sitting alone in the No. 1 spot in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays continue their four-game set against the Detroit Tigers on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Toronto&#8217;s offence exploded in an 11-4 win on Thursday night, featuring a double and run from George Springer. I&#8217;m targeting Springer tonight as he looks to finish strong in what has been a superb month of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays picks vs. the Tigers for July 25, featuring Zach McKinstry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Tigers<\/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><strong>Best bet: Springer over 0.5 runs (-125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party hasn&#8217;t stopped for Springer, who&#8217;s been a wrecking ball throughout July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 19 games this month, Springer has a .352\/.439\/.648 slash line and 19 runs scored. He also has more walks (11) than strikeouts (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strikeouts were an issue for Springer earlier this season, but he has <em>really<\/em> scaled that back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>March\/April\/May:<\/strong> 23.6 K%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June\/July:<\/strong> 12.8 K%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Springer posted a 91 OPS+ \u2014 the first below-average mark of his career. There was some justifiable concern that the mid-30s outfielder would limp through the final two years of his deal without providing a ton of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, forget about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Springer is clearly seeing the ball exceptionally well right now, and his .377 OBP is his highest since 2019 (when he finished a career-best seventh in MVP voting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bonus, Detroit right-hander Keider Montero primarily throws sinkers to right-handed batters, and that&#8217;s what Springer excels against most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Springer is 24-for-55 (.436) with a .636 SLG against sinkers from RHPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Springer has cashed this bet in 12 of 17 starts this month, including each of his past five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McKinstry under 0.5 hits (+130):<\/strong> McKinstry will have the platoon advantage against Berrios tonight, but he&#8217;s in enough of a slump right now that I think there&#8217;s some value in this prop market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The all-star infielder is hitless in eight of his past 16 starts. He&#8217;s 9-for-51 (.176) in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McKinstry has done well this season to put the barrel on the ball \u2014 posting a 100th-percentile launch angle sweet spot rate \u2014 but he rarely makes hard contact and relies more on placement than power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at how he ranks in some key batted ball metrics at Baseball Savant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6th-percentile average exit velocity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15th-percentile hard-hit rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27th-percentile xSLG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>McKinstry is hitless in five of his past seven games, and I like this price to bet on another quiet outing at the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays picks made at 10:26 a.m. ET on 07\/25\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now sitting alone in the No. 1 spot in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays continue their four-game set against the Detroit Tigers on Friday evening. The pregame narrative: Toronto&#8217;s offence exploded in an 11-4 win on Thursday night, featuring a double and run from George Springer. I&#8217;m targeting Springer tonight as he looks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":359544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-359555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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. Tigers: July 25 MLB betting | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks vs. Tigers for July 25, 2025. 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