{"id":362064,"date":"2025-08-09T12:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=362064"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:39:32","slug":"blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers SGP predictions Aug. 9: Back Toronto to cover, fade Ohtani in +460 ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays aim to bounce back after a series-opening loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw put on a show on Friday night. The two combined for only three earned runs in a 5-1 L.A. win that was closer than the final score suggests. On Saturday, I expect another close contest that features a healthy amount of offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays vs. Dodgers same-game parlay predictions for Saturday, Aug. 9, featuring Shohei Ohtani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Blue Jays +1.5 + Over 7.5 runs + Ohtani under 1.5 total bases (+460)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blue Jays +1.5 (-150):<\/strong> Outside of a brutal appearance from reliever Brendon Little, Toronto was right there with L.A. in the series opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Jays trailed 2-1 after five innings, keeping it close with the loaded Dodgers outside of a brutal seventh inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, this is a very palatable number to back Toronto at on this market, considering how well the team has played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Jays have covered this spread in 15 of their last 21 games. The Dodgers, meanwhile, have only won by two-plus runs in five of their last 12 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blake Snell takes the mound for L.A. in this contest, and he hasn&#8217;t been overly sharp this season. In 14.0 innings pitched across three starts, he has a 3.21 ERA, a 4.96 FIP, and a 1.64 WHIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over 7.5 runs (-165):<\/strong> Snell&#8217;s first start back since returning from a shoulder injury wasn&#8217;t a masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He allowed three runs across five innings pitched, with all of the damage coming on a pair of home runs allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the over on this total has hit in two of his three starts this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto counters with Chris Bassitt, who could easily contribute to a higher-scoring affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The veteran hurler pairs a 4.12&nbsp;ERA with a 3.99 FIP, but his season has been a tale of two stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>ERA<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>OPS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Home<\/strong><\/td><td>2.56<\/td><td>.678<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Away<\/strong><\/td><td>6.45<\/td><td>.842<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassitt has been noticeably worse on the road, which could lead to a larger run total. The over on a 7.5-run total is 6-5 in Bassitt&#8217;s 11 starts as a visitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto has the highest overs rate in the majors (57.1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:117121\">Embed: #117121<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ohtani under 1.5 (+100):<\/strong> An Ohtani fade in a game where I expect there to be a healthy amount of offence is risky business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the two-way star actually hasn&#8217;t done so well historically against Bassitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohtani owns a mortal .231 batting average in 26 at-bats versus Bassitt, striking out 11 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bassitt is also coming off one of his strongest outings of the year. He allowed just one hit and one earned run across six innings against the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions made at 11:39 a.m. ET on 08\/09\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays aim to bounce back after a series-opening loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The pregame narrative: Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw put on a show on Friday night. The two combined for only three earned runs in a 5-1 L.A. win that was closer than the final score suggests. On Saturday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":362122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-362064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday&#039;s game in Los Angeles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday&#039;s game in Los Angeles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/08\/Bassitt_cheer_080925.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steven Psihogios\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@StevenPsihogios\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steven Psihogios\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/0ec170ba58f3e798902f07cb43c406ea\"},\"description\":\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday's game in Los Angeles.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/\",\"name\":\"The Boost\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/0ec170ba58f3e798902f07cb43c406ea\",\"name\":\"Steven Psihogios\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/11\/IMG_7743.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/11\/IMG_7743.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Steven Psihogios\"},\"description\":\"Stevie\u2019s an avid NFL, NHL, and tennis bettor who has no problem talking himself into the underdog. His previous stops include Yahoo! Sports Canada and Toronto Metropolitan University, where he received a degree in Sport Media.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenPsihogios\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/steven-psihogiosnorthstargaming-ca\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB","description":"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday's game in Los Angeles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB","og_description":"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday's game in Los Angeles.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/","og_site_name":"The Boost","article_published_time":"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/08\/Bassitt_cheer_080925.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Steven Psihogios","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@StevenPsihogios","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steven Psihogios","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/","name":"Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions: Aug. 9 MLB SGP | NSB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-09T16:39:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/0ec170ba58f3e798902f07cb43c406ea"},"description":"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions for Aug. 9, 2025. MLB betting odds and SGP picks for Saturday's game in Los Angeles.","inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-dodgers-predictions-august-9-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/","name":"The Boost","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/0ec170ba58f3e798902f07cb43c406ea","name":"Steven Psihogios","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/11\/IMG_7743.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/11\/IMG_7743.jpg","caption":"Steven Psihogios"},"description":"Stevie\u2019s an avid NFL, NHL, and tennis bettor who has no problem talking himself into the underdog. His previous stops include Yahoo! Sports Canada and Toronto Metropolitan University, where he received a degree in Sport Media.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news","https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenPsihogios"],"url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/steven-psihogiosnorthstargaming-ca\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362064"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362137,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362064\/revisions\/362137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}