{"id":366366,"date":"2025-09-02T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=366366"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:45:13","slug":"blue-jays-vs-reds-best-bets-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-reds-best-bets-september-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Reds best bets Sept. 2: Jose Berrios should give length amid Toronto&#8217;s bullpen struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a dramatic conclusion to yesterday&#8217;s series opener, the Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds are back at it on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Toronto grabbed a lead in the ninth on Monday and coughed it up immediately in a walk-off loss. The Jays have now lost four of their past six games, and the bullpen has played a significant role in that slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays best bets vs. the Reds for Sept. 2, featuring Jose Berrios and Davis Schneider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays best bets vs. Reds<\/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:<strong> <\/strong>Berrios over 16.5 outs (-108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are dark times for the Toronto bullpen. The longer John Schneider can delay turning to that group right now, the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the all-star break, the Jays&#8217; relief corps is one of seven units with a negative fWAR value. Here&#8217;s where they rank in the second half on a league-wide scale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30th in left-on-base rate (64.4%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29th in ERA (5.61)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28th in walk rate (11.1%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27th in opponent BA (.256)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s bullpen has worked the second-fewest innings of any MLB relief group since the break, but the unit could use a breather right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five of the eight relievers (excluding Eric Lauer, who was just bumped into a long-relief role) have worked twice in the past three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this is to say, some length from Berrios tonight would be warmly welcomed. And this line isn&#8217;t asking a ton from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berrios is averaging 17.0 outs this season and is 16-11 vs. this line. He has also held the Reds&#8217; current lineup to a .169 BA and a .203 SLG in 66 plate appearances, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincinnati found some offence at the last second on Monday, but the club&#8217;s bats have largely been quiet for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the all-star break, the Reds have a collective .248\/.318\/.376 slash line and rank 27th in wRC+ (89).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect Berrios to get chased by this lineup, which should allow him to work deep enough to cash this prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Berrios has pitched into the sixth inning or later in 21 of 27 starts this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jays prop pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schneider over 0.5 runs (+105):<\/strong> The depth of Toronto&#8217;s lineup has pushed Schneider well down in the pecking order. But he still wields a solid bat when given the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After getting optioned to Triple-A Buffalo in April, Schneider successfully hit the reset button and returned to Toronto on June 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the start of June, he has 10 home runs and a .910 OPS in 153 plate appearances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In August alone, he had a 1.051 OPS in 19 games. He scored nine runs in 11 starts during that span.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Schneider doesn&#8217;t have drastic platoon splits, but the team likes to showcase him when a left-hander is on the mound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;ll likely bat in the No. 2 spot tonight against Reds southpaw Nick Lodolo. That&#8217;s where left-hitting Addison Barger slots in when a righty is pitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind Schneider will be Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (151 wRC+ vs. LHPs) and Bo Bichette (220 wRC+ in the past two weeks). That&#8217;s a spectacular place to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays best bets made at 10:40 a.m. ET on 09\/02\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a dramatic conclusion to yesterday&#8217;s series opener, the Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds are back at it on Tuesday night. The pregame narrative: Toronto grabbed a lead in the ninth on Monday and coughed it up immediately in a walk-off loss. The Jays have now lost four of their past six games, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":366353,"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-366366","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. Reds: Sept. 2 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Reds best bets for Sept. 2, 2025. 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