Blue Jays vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 11, 2024

The Oakland Athletics (49-69) are +130 underdogs for their Sunday matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays (54-63). JP Sears gets the ball for the Athletics and will look to upset the Blue Jays and earn his 10th win of the campaign. Chris Bassitt will get the ball for Toronto while Oakland will counter with Sears.

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

Blue Jays vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-155)
• Underdog: Athletics (+130)
• Over/under: 8.5

Blue Jays vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Blue Jays have been chosen as favorites in 61 games this year and have walked away with the win 34 times (55.7%) in those games.
• This year Toronto has won 14 of 19 games when listed as at least -155 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Blue Jays have a 60.8% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Athletics have won 37 of the 102 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (36.3%).
• Oakland has a 20-47 record (winning just 29.9% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +130 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 43.5%.

Blue Jays vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .322 with 23 home runs and 76 RBI. All three of those stats are best among Toronto hitters this season.
• Of all MLB batters, Guerrero is fourth in batting average, fifth in on-base percentage, and 11th in slugging.
• George Springer is batting .221 with an OBP of .302 and a slugging percentage of .371 this season.
• Brent Rooker paces the Athletics in home runs (29), runs batted in (82) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .290.
• Rooker’s home run total ranks seventh in the big leagues, and he is eighth in RBI.
• JJ Bleday has 33 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 47 walks while batting .239.

Blue Jays vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Blue Jays average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
• The Blue Jays have pitched to a 4.59 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.333 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Oakland has a 4.30 team ERA that ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics average MLB’s 25th-ranked WHIP (1.328).