Rays vs. Blue Jays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 22, 2024

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is on the brink of his 100th RBI of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays (73-82) as they get set to take on the Tampa Bay Rays (77-78) on Sunday. The Blue Jays enter the matchup as +113 underdogs on the moneyline, and action gets underway from Tropicana Field at 1:40 p.m. ET, live on BSSUN. Tampa Bay’s Shane Baz gets the start, and he’ll go against Toronto’s Ryan Burr.

Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Rays vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rays (-133)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+113)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Rays have been chosen as favorites in 67 games this year and have walked away with the win 35 times (52.2%) in those games.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 19-14 when favored by -133 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rays have a 57.1% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Blue Jays are 27-51 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 34.6% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +113 or longer, Toronto has gone 16-27 (37.2%).
• The Blue Jays have an implied moneyline win probability of 46.9% in this contest.

Rays vs. Blue Jays Hitting Leaders

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay in runs batted in with 65 while batting .283, which is also best on the team.
• Diaz is 133rd in home runs and 79th in RBI among all batters in Major League Baseball.
• Christopher Morel is slugging .353 this season, with a team-best 21 homers while driving in 57 runs.
• Guerrero has put up a team-high batting average of .324, and paces the Blue Jays in home runs (30) and runs batted in (99).
• Guerrero is 18th in home runs and 12th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• George Springer has 18 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs and 58 walks while hitting .219.

Rays vs. Blue Jays Pitching Rankings

• The Rays average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
• The Rays have the ninth-best ERA (3.80) in the majors this season.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.206 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Toronto’s 4.24 team ERA ranks 22nd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average MLB’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.265).