Toronto Blue Jays (46-56) vs Texas Rangers (51-52)
Game Info: Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 3:07 pm (Rogers Centre)
The Line: Betting Odds: Toronto Blue Jays -132 / Texas Rangers +111 — Over/Under: 9
The Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays meet Saturday in MLB action from Rogers Centre. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays prediction. This will be the second 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 Texas Rangers recent form and player performance
The Toronto Blue Jays recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Texas Rangers
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Toronto Blue Jays
Recent betting trends in games played between the Rangers and Blue Jays
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rangers vs Blue Jays game
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
This week the Rangers played the ailing Chicago White Sox. Texas had a good series, winning all four games for a sweep. On Friday versus the Jays, the Rangers got four earned in 5.0 innings from starter Andrew Heaney in a 6-5 loss.
In the starter slot for Saturday the Rangers are going with Michael Lorenzen. In 17 starts this year Lorenzen is 5-5 with a 3.53 ERA. Across 359 career games (86 starts) Lorenzen is 45-43 with a 4.05 ERA.
Toronto Blue Jays Betting Preview
Over on the Blue Jays’ side, they played the Tampa Bay Rays in their last set. Toronto won 6-3 Wednesday but dropped the other pair in that series. On Friday the Jays posted 12 team hits in the victory.
It’ll be Kevin Gausman in the start for the Jays Saturday. This year Gausman is 8-8 with a 4.55 ERA in 20 starts. Gausman is 96-99 with a 3.89 ERA in 318 games (279 starts) over his career.
Rangers vs Blue Jays Pick Injury Notes
The Jays’ Isiah Kiner-Falefa (knee) wil begin a rehab assignment Saturday.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Blue Jays’ last 12 games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Eight of the Rangers’ last nine day games against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last six day games between the Rangers and Blue Jays.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last three road games.
Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has hit a home run in five of the Blue Jays’ last eight games.
- Justin Turner has recorded a Double in three of the Blue Jays’ last four home games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Justin Turner has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last eight home appearances against the Rangers.
- Kevin Gausman has recorded a win in each of his last six appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has scored at least one run in each of the Blue Jays’ last eight home games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Kevin Gausman has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last 11 Saturday appearances with the Blue Jays as favorites.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa has recorded at least one Single in 13 of his last 14 appearances with the Blue Jays as favorites.
- Danny Jansen has recorded at least one RBI in seven of his last eight appearances with the Blue Jays as favorites against the Rangers.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Adolis Garcia has hit a home run in three of his last four appearances with the Rangers as underdogs against the Blue Jays.
- Jonah Heim has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Rangers’ last seven games against the Blue Jays.
- Adolis Garcia has scored at least one run in each of the Rangers’ last eight road games against AL East opponents.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 10 appearances at Rogers Centre.
- Michael Lorenzen has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his four previous appearances in day games against teams that held a losing record.
- Jonah Heim has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rangers’ last nine games against the Blue Jays.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 19 appearances against the Blue Jays.
Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction
I’ll try the Jays in this one. Gausman is 2-1 in his last three starts and he’s not pitching too badly. In that time Gausman has eight earned over 19.2 total innings. As for Lorenzen, he’s given up seven earned over his last 10.0 innings in two starts.
On Friday the Jays came back from a 5-4 deficit in the fifth and powered out the win. The bullpen was great on 4.1 innings, zero earned, two hits, one walk and four strikeouts. We’ll probably have another close game Saturday but Toronto should have a solid shot.