Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees - 8/20/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

New York Yankees (73-47) vs Toronto Blue Jays (64-54)

Game Info: Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 1:05 pm (Yankee Stadium)

Gerrit Cole (9-5) (3.30) vs Mitch White (1-3) (3.72)

Betting Odds: New York Yankees -175 / Toronto Blue Jays +150 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Toronto Blue Jays will play the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their series at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 64-54 this season and have won three games in a row. Toronto has won the first two games of this series by scores of 9-2 and 4-0. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.88 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average this season. The Blue Jays offense has scored 557 runs with a .263 batting average and a .325 on base percentage. Matt Chapman is batting .235 with 23 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Mitch White, who is 1-3 with a 3.72 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP over 65.1 innings pitched this season.

The New York Yankees are 73-47 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Prior to losing the first two games of this series, New York lost two out of three games against the Rays. The New York pitching staff has a 3.35 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .219 opponent batting average. The Yankees offense has scored 607 runs with a .241 batting average and a .325 on base percentage this year. Aaron Judge is batting .293 with 46 home runs and 102 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for New York is Gerrit Cole, who is 9-5 with a 3.30 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP over 144.1 innings pitched this season.

Toronto is 35-17 in their last 52 Saturday games and 3-5 in their last 8 games against the AL East. The over is 6-2 in Toronto’s last 8 road games. New York is 39-16 in their last 55 home games and 3-13 in their last 16 games. The over is 12-4-1 in New York’s last 17 home games. The over is 5-2 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.

New York couldn’t get their bats going on Friday night and lost against for the 13th time in their last 16 games. Toronto has had two huge wins to start this series as they continue to fight for a wild card spot. Mitch White has pitched pretty good this season for the Dodgers and the Blue Jays, but has not been able to pitch very deep in games. Gerrit Cole has had two very good outings for New York after not being very sharp in his previous two starts. I like the under here with New York struggling to hit the ball recently.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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