Data Skrive:
The Toronto Blue Jays (17-20) are favored on the moneyline (-112) in Friday’s contest with the Minnesota Twins (21-15). First pitch is at 7:07 PM ET on BSN. The Twins, with +158 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Toronto’s Yusei Kikuchi gets the start, and he’ll go against Minnesota’s Joe Ryan.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Blue Jays to win vs Twins -112
Blue Jays vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Blue Jays (-112)
- Underdog: Twins (-104)
- Over/under: 7.5
Blue Jays vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Blue Jays have come away with 13 wins in the 22 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Toronto has come away with a win 12 times in 21 chances when named as a favorite of at least -112 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Blue Jays have a 52.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Twins have gone 5-8 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 38.5% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -104 or longer, Minnesota has a 4-8 record (winning only 33.3% of its games).
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 51% in this contest.
Blue Jays vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Justin Turner is batting .270 with 16 RBI, both of which are tops among Toronto hitters this season.
- Turner is 84th in home runs and 84th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Daulton Varsho is batting .227 this season with a team-high six home runs and 16 RBI.
- Ryan Jeffers paces the Twins with seven home runs and 26 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .303.
- In all of MLB, Jeffers ranks 26th in homers and 15th in RBI.
- Willi Castro is batting .273 with nine doubles, three triples, three home runs and nine walks.
Blue Jays vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Blue Jays average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Blue Jays pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.64 this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.384 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
- The 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff leads MLB.
- Minnesota’s 4.02 team ERA ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Twins pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in MLB (1.209).