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The Detroit Tigers (23-26) hope to avoid their fifth straight defeat when they host the Toronto Blue Jays (22-26) Thursday at 6:40 PM ET on BSDET. The Blue Jays are listed as -119 favorites, while the Tigers are +100 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Toronto’s Kevin Gausman and Detroit’s Jack Flaherty have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $36.81
Blue Jays to win vs Tigers -119
Blue Jays vs. Tigers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Blue Jays (-119)
- Underdog: Tigers (+100)
- Over/under: 7.5
Blue Jays vs. Tigers Betting Insights
- The Blue Jays have come away with 17 wins in the 30 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Toronto has been victorious 11 times in 21 chances when named as a favorite of at least -119 on the moneyline.
- The Blue Jays have an implied victory probability of 54.3% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The Tigers have won 44% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (11-14).
- Detroit is 9-10 (winning 47.4% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Tigers a 50% chance to win.
Blue Jays vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders
- Daulton Varsho leads Toronto in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (25) this season while batting .212.
- Varsho is 39th in homers and 54th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto in batting with a .279 average while slugging four homers and driving in 22 runs.
- Riley Greene has racked up a team-high batting average of .239, and paces the Tigers in home runs (nine).
- In all of MLB, Greene is 24th in homers and 97th in RBI.
- Kerry Carpenter has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 25 runs batted in.
Blue Jays vs. Tigers Pitching Rankings
- The Blue Jays strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have pitched to a 4.29 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
- Blue Jays pitchers have a 1.331 WHIP this season, 22nd in the majors.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
- Detroit has the 10th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.63).
- Tigers pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in baseball (1.169).