Twins vs. Blue Jays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 12, 2024

The Toronto Blue Jays (18-21) will look to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., after his four-hit game last time out, to lead them in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins (23-16) on Sunday at 1:37 PM ET on SNET. The Blue Jays are +117 underdogs for the contest, according to bookmakers. Bailey Ober will get the ball for Minnesota while Toronto will counter with Alek Manoah.

Here is our preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Twins vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-138)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+117)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Twins have come away with 16 wins in the 23 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season Minnesota has been victorious nine times in 14 chances when named as a favorite of at least -138 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 58% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Blue Jays have won 26.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (4-11).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, Toronto has a record of 4-4 (50%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 46.1%.

Twins vs. Blue Jays Hitting Leaders

• Ryan Jeffers leads Minnesota in batting average (.292), home runs (nine) and runs batted in (29) this season.
• Jeffers’ home runs rank him eighth in MLB, and he is ninth in RBI.
• Willi Castro has collected 36 hits this season and has an OBP of .329. He’s slugging .459 on the year.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. paces the Blue Jays in runs batted in (19) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .272.
• In all of the majors, Guerrero ranks 90th in homers and 73rd in RBI.
• Daulton Varsho’s six home runs pace his team.

Twins vs. Blue Jays Pitching Rankings

• The Twins have a 10.1 K/9 this season as a staff, which is best in baseball.
• The Twins have pitched to a 4.06 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• Twins pitchers have a 1.228 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors.
• Toronto’s 4.66 team ERA ranks 25th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average baseball’s fifth-worst WHIP (1.375).