Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Prediction MLB Picks 8/2/24

The Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees meet Friday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:

The Toronto Blue Jays recent form and player performance

The New York Yankees recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Toronto Blue Jays

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees

Recent betting trends in games played between the Blue Jays and Yankees

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Blue Jays vs Yankees game

Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview

The Blue Jays played the Baltimore Orioles in their last series and didn’t do very well. Outside of an 8-4 win in the second game of the Monday doubleheader, Toronto lost the rest of the games 11-5, 6-2 and 10-4.

In the starter role for the Blue Jays on Friday it’ll be Kevin Gausman. This year Gausman is 9-8 with a 4.44 ERA in 21 starts. Gausman is 97-99 with a 3.88 ERA in 319 career games (280 starts).

New York Yankees Betting Preview

Over on the Yankees’ side, they had a good series versus the Philadelphia Phillies this week. New York won all three of those games 14-4, 7-6 and 6-5 for a sweep. The Yankees got 5.1 innings and three earned out of starter Nestor Cortes in the finale.

On Friday the Yankees will send out Marcus Stroman as the starter. This year Stroman is 7-5 with a 3.64 ERA in 21 starts. Over 252 career games (244 starts) Stroman is 84-81 with a 3.65 ERA.

Blue Jays vs Yankees Pick Injury Notes

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk (elbow) was out of the lineup Wednesday.

Yankees SP Gerrit Cole (fatigue) is set to throw a bullpen session Friday.

Total Runs Facts

• Each of the Yankees’ last seven games have gone OVER the total runs line.
• Sixteen of the Blue Jays’ last 18 games have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last nine games.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last six night games.

New York Yankees Player Prop Facts

• Aaron Judge has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 15 appearances after not playing the previous day.
• Aaron Judge has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 15 appearances after not playing the previous day.
• Juan Soto has recorded at least one Double in four of the Yankees’ last five games against AL East opponents at Yankee Stadium.
• Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 10 appearances against AL opponents.
• Giancarlo Stanton has hit a home run in three of his last four home appearances after not playing the previous day.
• Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in each of his last six home appearances after not playing the previous day.
• Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last five home appearances after not playing the previous day.

Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded two or more RBIs in six of the Blue Jays’ last seven night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Alejandro Kirk has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against the Yankees.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last 15 games against AL opponents.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one total base in each of the Blue Jays’ last 15 games against AL opponents.
• Bo Bichette has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances against the Yankees after not playing the previous day.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has hit a home run in four of the Blue Jays’ last five night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Blue Jays’ last seven night games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.

Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Prediction

I’ll probably lean toward the Blue Jays here. It’ll depend on how the starters do, though. Gausman has posted a 3-0 record with nine earned in 22.2 total innings over his last three starts. That number includes a complete game versus the Rangers on July 27.

As for Stroman, he’s had his ups and downs over the last three. In that time Stroman is 0-1 with six earned runs in 13.0 total innings on 21 hits and three walks. If he can get some help from the bats I can see Stroman holding things together. I could also see Toronto taking this one pretty easily.