Data Skrive:
The Cincinnati Reds (60-63) are +142 underdogs for their Monday matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays (57-66). Hunter Greene gets the ball for the Reds and will look to upset the Blue Jays and earn his 10th win of the campaign. Toronto’s Kevin Gausman gets the start, and he’ll go against Cincinnati’s Greene.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $31.90
Blue Jays to win vs Reds -168
Blue Jays vs. Reds Betting Lines
- Favorite: Blue Jays (-168)
- Underdog: Reds (+142)
- Over/under: 8
Blue Jays vs. Reds Betting Insights
- The Blue Jays have won in 35, or 55.6%, of the 63 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Toronto has a record of 10-4 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -168 or more on the moneyline.
- The Blue Jays have an implied victory probability of 62.7% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Reds are 29-34 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 46% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +142 or longer, Cincinnati has gone 7-6 (53.8%).
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Reds a 41.3% chance to win.
Blue Jays vs. Reds Hitting Leaders
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto in batting average (.319), home runs (25) and runs batted in (80) this season.
- Guerrero ranks 18th in baseball in home runs, and 14th in RBI.
- George Springer has 92 hits and an OBP of .300 to go with a slugging percentage of .366 this season.
- Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds with 21 home runs while putting up a team-best batting average of .261.
- De La Cruz’s home run total ranks 29th in the majors, and he is 85th in RBI.
- Spencer Steer has put up 75 runs batted in to pace his team.
Blue Jays vs. Reds Pitching Rankings
- The Blue Jays have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
- Blue Jays pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.54 this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.318 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The Reds pitching staff is 10th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Cincinnati’s 3.94 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Reds combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.245).