Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction MLB Picks 8/10/24

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Oakland

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Toronto

-Recent betting trends in games played between Oakland and Toronto

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Athletics and Blue Jays.  

A’s Offense Struggled on Friday

Oakland really struggled on Friday scoring only one run and that led to the defeat. The only run scored for Oakland was with a home run by Darrell Hernaiz. The A’s are averaging 4.06 runs while their pitching is giving up 4.68 runs per game. The offense is ranked 26th in the league while the pitching is ranked 23rd. This A’s offense does have some power and Brent Rooker has hit 28 home runs and driven in 81 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the A’s will be Osvaldo Bido who sits with a 2-3 record and an ERA of 4.64. In his last against the Los Angeles Dodgers he went six innings giving up three hits and two runs. 

Blue Jays Look for Strong Finish to Season

The Blue Jays scored three runs on Friday and that was enough for the victory. George Springer and Spencer Horwitz both hit a home run on Friday. The home run by Springer was the first at bat of the game. The Blue Jays are averaging 4.12 runs while their pitching is giving up 4.87 runs per game. The offense is ranked 24th in the league while the pitching is ranked 27th. They do have a negative run differential of -0.76 which is 26th. George Springer has hit 14 home runs and driven in 41 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the Blue Jays will be Yariel Rodriguez who sits with a 1-4 record and an ERA of 3.86. In his last start against the New York Yankees he went 4.2 innings giving up four hits and zero runs. 

Why the Blue Jays Will Beat the A's

• The Blue Jays have won 15 of their last 16 games against the Athletics at Rogers Centre following a home win.
• The Athletics have lost 10 of their last 11 day games against the Blue Jays following a road loss.
• The Blue Jays have covered the run line in 10 of their last 11 day games against the Athletics at Rogers Centre following a win.
• The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in 14 of their last 16 day games against the Blue Jays following a loss.
• The Athletics have lost the first inning in each of their last four games at Rogers Centre against American League opponents that held a losing record.

Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction

If you like low scoring games with storing pitching, this is going to be one to tune into. At times Rodriguez hasn’t gone deep in games, but he has been good, and in his last start he impressed, giving up zero runs. Bido also hasn’t been dominant, but he’s going to go five or six innings here and give up only two or three runs. That type of outing from him here is going to be enough for this game to stay under the total.