{"id":362738,"date":"2025-08-12T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=362738"},"modified":"2025-08-12T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:40:46","slug":"cubs-vs-blue-jays-best-bets-august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/cubs-vs-blue-jays-best-bets-august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs vs. Blue Jays best bets Aug. 12: Back Bichette, Tucker in high-scoring series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs open up a three-game set at Rogers Centre on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Toronto and Chicago lead their respective divisions largely thanks to owning elite offences. Tonight&#8217;s matchup should feature more fireworks with a pair of volatile arms \u2014 Jose Berrios (TOR) and Ben Brown (CHI) \u2014 on the mound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Blue Jays best bets vs. the Cubs for Aug. 12, featuring prop bets on Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays best bets vs. Cubs<\/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: Bichette over 1.5 bases (-106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a lot to like about this wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bichette has been rolling since the all-star break, slashing .356\/.393\/.574 through 23 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> In that span, he is 14-9 against this line with more extra-base hits (14) than strikeouts (11).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bichette has a 4% walk rate since the ASG, and Brown ranks in the 76th percentile for walk rate (6.6%) on the season. That bodes well for a bases prop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown is a 6-foot-6 righty with a two-pitch mix. He throws a four-seam fastball 57% of the time and a curveball 38% of the time \u2014 Bichette has had success against those offerings from RHPs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vs. 4-seam fastballs:<\/strong> .273 BA (.290 xBA), .409 SLG (.462 xSLG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vs. curveballs:<\/strong> .444 BA (.402 xBA), .556 SLG (.673 xSLG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cubs starter has a high K rate, but struggles to limit hard contact (eighth percentile barrel rate, 11th percentile hard-hit rate), which has led to a bloated 6.04 ERA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love Bichette&#8217;s chances of taking him for a ride tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Bichette is averaging 2.2 total bases at home since the all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jays vs. Cubs picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tucker to score (-108):<\/strong> Rotowire projects Tucker will bat second for Chicago on the road, which is a nice spot for run production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first-year Cub is in a bit of a rut right now, scoring just two runs in August. But he logged 14 runs in July with a .380 on-base percentage, and has stellar splits against RHPs this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.272 BA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.391 OBP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.478 SLG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berrios has a 5.71 ERA in his last seven starts and ranks in the bottom third percentile for xERA, xBA, whiff rate and barrel rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tucker is 5-for-15 against Berrios with a walk and a HBP. He also has a .652 xSLG in those at-bats, so I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if he scores himself with the long ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Over 9 runs (-110):<\/strong> Toronto leads MLB in batting average (.313), slugging percentage (.520) and wRC+ (149) since the all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem? It has a 4.77 ERA, which sits 25th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unsurprisingly, the Jays have been good to clear the game total in that stretch, with overs going 15-6-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if you exclude a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies when Toronto averaged 15 runs per game \u2014 clearing this total on its own each time \u2014 the Jays are 5-3-2 against this number in their last 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown and Berrios haven&#8217;t been at their best lately, and Chicago ranks second in runs per game this season. All signs point to a barn burner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blue Jays best bets made at 9:33 a.m. ET on 08\/12\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs open up a three-game set at Rogers Centre on Tuesday. The pregame narrative: Toronto and Chicago lead their respective divisions largely thanks to owning elite offences. Tonight&#8217;s matchup should feature more fireworks with a pair of volatile arms \u2014 Jose Berrios (TOR) and Ben Brown (CHI) \u2014 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":362725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-362738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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 best bets vs. Cubs: Aug. 12 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Cubs vs. Blue Jays best bets for Aug. 12, 2025. 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