Blue Jays vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 16, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (44-24), led by Steven Kwan on a 10-game hitting streak, will meet the Toronto Blue Jays (34-36) Sunday at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays are -132 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 1:37 PM ET on SNET. Toronto’s Jose Berrios and Cleveland’s Ben Lively have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Blue Jays vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-132)
• Underdog: Guardians (+111)
• Over/under: 7.5

Blue Jays vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Blue Jays have been chosen as favorites in 46 games this year and have walked away with the win 28 times (60.9%) in those games.
• Toronto has a record of 14-12 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -132 or more on the moneyline.
• The Blue Jays have an implied victory probability of 56.9% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Guardians have won 59.1% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (13-9).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +111 or longer, Cleveland has a 7-6 record (winning 53.8% of its games).
• The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 47.4% in this contest.

Blue Jays vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto with a .277 batting average. He’s also hit seven homers and has 30 RBI.
• Guerrero is 96th in homers and 83rd in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Daulton Varsho is slugging .445 this season, with a team-best 10 homers while driving in 31 runs.
• Josh Naylor is hitting .232 with nine doubles, 17 home runs and 27 walks.
• In all of the majors, Naylor is seventh in home runs and seventh in RBI.
• Kwan is hitting .386 with 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 17 walks.

Blue Jays vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
• The Blue Jays have pitched to a 4.04 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• The Blue Jays rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.265 WHIP this season.
• The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
• Cleveland has a 3.43 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.169).