Guardians vs. Blue Jays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 23, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (48-26) are favored on the moneyline (-112) in Sunday’s contest versus the Toronto Blue Jays (35-41). First pitch is at 1:40 PM ET on MLB Network. The Blue Jays, with +155 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie gets the start, and he’ll go against Toronto’s Yusei Kikuchi.

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Guardians vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-112)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (-107)
• Over/under: 9

Guardians vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been favorites in 50 games this season and have come away with the win 35 times (70%) in those contests.
• This season Cleveland has been victorious 31 times in 46 chances when named as a favorite of at least -112 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 52.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Blue Jays have put together a 6-21 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 22.2% of those games).
• Toronto is 6-21 (winning only 22.2% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -107 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 51.7%.

Guardians vs. Blue Jays Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez is batting .271 with 19 home runs and 67 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Cleveland hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Ramirez’s home run total places him sixth and his RBI tally places him second.
• Josh Naylor leads Cleveland in home runs with 19 while driving in 57 runs and slugging .494.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 12 doubles, eight home runs and 38 walks while batting .277.
• Among all batters in the majors, Guerrero ranks 94th in homers and 93rd in RBI.
• Daulton Varsho has put his power on display as he leads his team with 11 home runs and 35 RBI.

Guardians vs. Blue Jays Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, most in the league.
• The Guardians have the sixth-best ERA (3.45) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.175 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• Toronto has a 4.15 team ERA that ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average baseball’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.278).