Blue Jays vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 15, 2024

Alejandro Kirk will look to extend his 10-game hitting streak when the Toronto Blue Jays (71-78) take on the St. Louis Cardinals (74-74). The Blue Jays are listed as -124 favorites on the moneyline for the contest, which starts at 1:37 p.m. ET on Sunday, live on SNET from Rogers Centre. Toronto’s Yariel Rodriguez gets the start, and he’ll go against St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas.

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

Blue Jays vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-124)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+104)
• Over/under: 8.5

Blue Jays vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Blue Jays have won in 42, or 58.3%, of the 72 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This year Toronto has won 28 of 47 games when listed as at least -124 on the moneyline.
• The Blue Jays have an implied victory probability of 55.4% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Cardinals have won 49.4% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (38-39).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +104 or longer, St. Louis has a 23-33 record (winning 41.1% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 49%.

Blue Jays vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .320 with 28 home runs and 96 RBI. All three of those stats lead Toronto hitters this season.
• Of all hitters in MLB, Guerrero’s home run total places him 20th and his RBI tally places him 12th.
• George Springer is batting .219 with an OBP of .304 and a slugging percentage of .374 this season.
• Alec Burleson paces the Cardinals in home runs (21), runs batted in (73) and has a team-high batting average of .271.
• Burleson is 49th in homers and 45th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Brendan Donovan has a club-best .271 batting average.

Blue Jays vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
• The Blue Jays have pitched to a 4.30 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
• The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of 1.268 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.2 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 17th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.12).
• Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.269).