{"id":367049,"date":"2025-09-05T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=367049"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:14:16","slug":"blue-jays-vs-yankees-best-bets-september-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-yankees-best-bets-september-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Yankees best bets Sept. 5: Bet on Judge, Springer to lead offence in series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees begin a massive three-game series in the Bronx on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Toronto holds a three-game lead over New York in the AL East standings and is a slight road underdog tonight behind the red-hot Kevin Gausman. New York counters with rookie standout Cam Schlittler, who owns a 2.61 ERA across nine starts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Blue Jays best bets vs. the Yankees for Sept. 3, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/aaron_judge\/batting-stats\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/george_springer\/batting-stats\">George Springer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays best bets vs. Yankees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best bet:<strong> <\/strong>Judge over 1.5 bases (-103)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge is &#8220;slumping&#8221;, but I&#8217;ll happily take his bases total when it&#8217;s favourably priced in a solid matchup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Yankees&#8217; slugger still leads MLB in batting average (.321), slugging percentage (.663), ISO (.341) and wRC+ (193) despite posting a .242\/.415\/.474 slash line since August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That .415 on-base percentage is a reflection of Judge&#8217;s plate discipline and his opponents&#8217; willingness to walk him in high-leverage situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had more walks (27) than hits (23) in that span, which isn&#8217;t ideal for this wager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, he&#8217;s gone over this line in five of his last 10 games \u2014 with three home runs \u2014 and has dominated Gausman in a large sample size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judge is 16-for-43 against Gausman with three doubles and six home runs. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In those PAs, his xBA (.382) and xSLG (.876) are better than his normal numbers (.356, .822).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gausman is finding his form at the right time, with a 3.06 ERA and sub-1.00 WHIP in his last 10 starts. A lot of that success has been due to his elite command, though, meaning Judge should get something to swing at tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Judge leads MLB in total bases per game (2.41).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:117570\">Embed: #117570<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><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\">Full MLB betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><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\">MLB injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><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\">MLB stats &amp; standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jays prop picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Springer to score (-121):<\/strong> You know who&#8217;s not slumping? George Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto&#8217;s leadoff man is on a rampage and should, in my opinion, earn down-ballot MVP votes with the way he&#8217;s closing out the season. Check out his MLB ranks post-all-star-game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First in batting average (.405)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First in wRC+ (238)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second in on-base percentage (.496)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second in OPS (1.235)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Springer has reached base in nearly <em>half <\/em>of his 131 plate appearances since July 17, scoring a blistering 37 runs in 28 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schlittler is a solid arm, no doubt, but I&#8217;ll back Springer at this price any day, and I trust Toronto&#8217;s lineup to drive him home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Over 9 runs (+100):<\/strong> The Jays lead MLB in batting average (.294), OPS (.857) and wRC+ (137) in the second half. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m not worried about them getting after Schlittler and scoring Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toronto scored 25 runs in its last two games against the Cincinnati Reds, and is 6-2-1 against this line in its last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Jays faced Schlittler in July, they had seven hits and three walks in 5.0 IP but only managed two runs. That&#8217;s an anomaly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These teams have played seven games dating back to Toronto&#8217;s four-game sweep of New York in June. Those outings averaged 12.14 runs, and the over on this total went 4-2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Blue Jays best bets made at 9:03 a.m. ET on 09\/05\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees begin a massive three-game series in the Bronx on Friday. The pregame narrative: Toronto holds a three-game lead over New York in the AL East standings and is a slight road underdog tonight behind the red-hot Kevin Gausman. New York counters with rookie standout Cam Schlittler, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":367063,"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-367049","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 best bets vs. Yankees: Sept. 5 MLB betting | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays vs. Yankees best bets for Sept. 5, 2025. 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