Giants vs. Blue Jays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 11, 2024

The San Francisco Giants (45-47) hope to complete a two-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays (41-50) when the teams meet at 3:45 PM ET Thursday. The Giants are -157 favorites to keep the Blue Jays out of the win column in the series. San Francisco’s Jordan Hicks and Toronto’s Kevin Gausman have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Giants vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-157)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+133)
• Over/under: 7

Giants vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Giants have been favorites in 43 games this season and have come away with the win 25 times (58.1%) in those contests.
• This season San Francisco has been victorious seven times in nine chances when named as a favorite of at least -157 on the moneyline.
• The Giants have an implied victory probability of 61.1% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Blue Jays have been the underdog on the moneyline 38 total times this season. They’ve finished 10-28 in those games.
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +133 or longer, Toronto has a record of 3-3 (50%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Blue Jays’ implied win probability is 42.9%.

Giants vs. Blue Jays Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman leads San Francisco in batting average (.241) and runs batted in (42) this season while also slugging 12 homers.
• Chapman ranks 66th in Major League Baseball in home runs, and 70th in RBI.
• Heliot Ramos leads San Francisco in home runs (13) and runs batted in (42) this season while batting .302.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has a team-high 13 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
• In all of MLB, Guerrero is 55th in home runs and 31st in RBI.
• George Springer is batting .218 with 12 doubles, 10 home runs and 38 walks.

Giants vs. Blue Jays Pitching Rankings

• The Giants average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• Giants pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.43 this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• Giants pitchers have a 1.351 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• Toronto’s 4.32 team ERA ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average baseball’s 21st-ranked WHIP (1.297).