{"id":368806,"date":"2025-09-13T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=368806"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:26:40","slug":"blue-jays-vs-orioles-picks-september-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-vs-orioles-picks-september-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays prop picks vs. Orioles Sept. 13: Fade Scherzer, bet on Lukes to score"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/max_scherzer\/pitching-stats\">Max Scherzer<\/a> day at Rogers Centre as the Toronto Blue Jays vie for a series win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Scherzer will face the Baltimore Orioles, a team he saw all the way back in March. Toronto is favoured over a Baltimore club that went 8-1 in its final nine games before coming to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays picks vs. Orioles for Sept. 13, featuring Scherzer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/nathan_lukes\/batting-stats\">Nathan Lukes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Orioles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Scherzer under 6.5 Ks (-122)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Orioles are one of the most strikeout-prone teams in MLB, but still. Scherzer is not worthy of a line this high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I realize I&#8217;m saying that after he struck out eight in his most recent outing, but look at his full body of work in 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>70 Ks in 14 starts (5.0 Ks\/start)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under 6.5 Ks is 10-4 overall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under 6.5 Ks is 6-1 since August<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Scherzer has mostly been very good for the Blue Jays this season (when healthy), but he&#8217;s coming off three consecutive starts with four earned runs allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baltimore could chase him from this game early, thus reducing his chances of clearing this total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 41-year-old made his Toronto debut against the O&#8217;s back in March. That outing was cut short by a thumb injury, but it wasn&#8217;t off to a good start in terms of Ks (he had one strikeout through 3.0 innings).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Scherzer has a 55th-percentile K rate, per Baseball Savant. His chase rate (16th percentile) and whiff rate (30th percentile) are both well below average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:117899\">Embed: #117899<\/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\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lukes over 0.5 runs (-106):<\/strong> I&#8217;m buying Lukes&#8217; opportunity today in spite of some recent mediocrity from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukes is batting .288 in his past 15 games, which is solid, but he only has one walk in that span. That equates to a .296 OBP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, he&#8217;s in a great spot to score on Saturday as the Jays&#8217; No. 2 hitter. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is right behind him, and Vladdy has a 1.297 OPS in 10 games this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano struggles against lefty bats. LHBs have an .839 OPS against him this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugano has allowed 15 runs over his past three starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays picks made at 1:10 p.m. ET on 09\/13\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Max Scherzer day at Rogers Centre as the Toronto Blue Jays vie for a series win. The pregame narrative: Scherzer will face the Baltimore Orioles, a team he saw all the way back in March. Toronto is favoured over a Baltimore club that went 8-1 in its final nine games before coming to town. 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