Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 24, 2024

The Toronto Blue Jays (35-41) and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (2 HR in his last game) are underdogs (+120) on the moneyline for their matchup with the Boston Red Sox (41-36) on Monday at 7:10 PM ET on NESN. Tanner Houck gets the starting nod for Boston while Chris Bassitt is Toronto’s starter for the contest.

Take a look at our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-143)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+120)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have been victorious in 20, or 55.6%, of the 36 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Boston has been victorious 10 times in 15 chances when named as a favorite of at least -143 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Red Sox have a 58.8% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Blue Jays have won 22.2% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (6-21).
• Toronto has a record of 5-6 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +120 or longer (45.5%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Blue Jays’ implied win probability is 45.5%.

Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran leads Boston with a .283 batting average. He’s also hit seven homers and has 34 RBI.
• Duran ranks 121st in baseball in home runs, and 79th in RBI.
• Rafael Devers has 67 hits and an OBP of .360 to go with a slugging percentage of .533 this season.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .277 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 38 walks.
• In all of the majors, Guerrero is 94th in home runs and 95th in RBI.
• Daulton Varsho has shown off his power as he paces his team with 11 home runs and 35 RBI.

Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
• The Red Sox have pitched to a 3.44 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of just 1.171 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Toronto has a 4.15 team ERA that ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average MLB’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.278).