{"id":361409,"date":"2025-08-05T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=361409"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:00:10","slug":"blue-jays-vs-rockies-best-bets-august-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-rockies-best-bets-august-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Rockies best bets Aug. 5: Back Bo Bichette to stay hot at Coors Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays look to build off Monday&#8217;s offensive explosion as they continue their three-game set against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Toronto scored 15 runs in yesterday&#8217;s contest behind two home runs and six RBI from Bo Bichette. On Tuesday, Jose Berrios takes the mound for the Blue Jays opposite Anthony Molina for the Rockies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays best bets vs. the Rockies for Aug. 5, featuring prop bets on Bichette and Daulton Varsho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays best bets vs. Rockies<\/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: Over 11.5 runs (-112)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown yesterday, this total can be covered by one team alone at Coors Field. But I do expect the Rockies to contribute tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Berrios had a down month in July. He had a 5.83 ERA (5.53 FIP) across six starts. Four of the six games went over this lofty total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During that time, he allowed seven blasts and 19 earned runs over 29.1 innings of work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His 10th percentile barrel rate (11.2%) explains some of that hard contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And giving up hard contact is a recipe for disaster at Coors Field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side, Molina is making his first start of the season after spending his time as a bulk reliever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His 7.27 ERA is uninspiring, and the righty has allowed seven earned runs over his last three appearances despite only pitching 5.2 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> The last four games played at Coors Field have gone over 11.5 runs with an average of 19 runs scored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bichette over 0.5 RBI (+105):<\/strong> I was pleasantly surprised to find this pick at plus money when scouring the market for value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bichette went 3-for-6 last night with two home runs and six RBI. He continues to be Toronto&#8217;s best hitter coming out of the all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out his stats in 18 post-ASG contests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.385 average<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.603 SLG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 RBI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He had at least a hit in all but two of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bichette isn&#8217;t always slotted in the best run-producing spot, but he&#8217;s seen a lot of time batting cleanup lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shortstop leads the Jays with 74 RBI, 16 more than Vladimir Guerrero, who&#8217;s second with 58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That all goes before mentioning the Grade-A matchup, but I&#8217;ll explore that more in my next pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Varsho over 1.5 total bases (-108)<\/strong>:<\/strong> After going hitless in his first two games back from injury, Varsho made a splash on Monday, going 2-for-5 with a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now he gets a great matchup with an inexperienced righty. That&#8217;s important because Varsho&#8217;s .646 SLG vs. RHPs is excellent, while his .095 SLG vs. LHPs is dreadful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Colorado&#8217;s starter struggles, especially against left-handed batters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a small sample size of 21 at-bats this season, Molina allows a .381 average and .857 SLG (1.238 OPS) to lefties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Varsho rarely takes walks (5.4% walk rate), and that free-swinging spirit will also benefit this pick as free passes don&#8217;t help us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Molina is pulled early, Varsho will still have a great opportunity to get on MLB&#8217;s second-worst bullpen (5.29 ERA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays best bets made at 8:38 a.m. ET on 08\/05\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays look to build off Monday&#8217;s offensive explosion as they continue their three-game set against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. The pregame narrative: Toronto scored 15 runs in yesterday&#8217;s contest behind two home runs and six RBI from Bo Bichette. On Tuesday, Jose Berrios takes the mound for the Blue Jays opposite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":361338,"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-361409","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 best bets vs. Rockies: Aug. 5 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Rockies best bets for Aug. 5, 2025. 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