Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Prediction MLB Picks 8/3/24

The Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees meet Saturday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees 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 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

In their last set the Blue Jays took on the Baltimore Orioles. Toronto only managed one win in four games during that set, otherwise falling 11-5, 6-2 and 10-4. On Friday versus the Yankees, the Jays powered out the win 8-5 with 13 team hits. Starting pitcher Kevin Gausman managed 4.2 innings with four earned runs.

In the starter role for the Jays on Saturday it’ll be Jose Berrios. This year Berrios is 9-8 with a 3.93 ERA in 22 starts. Berrios is 92-74 in his career with a 4.13 ERA in 234 games (233 starts).

New York Yankees Betting Preview

Over on the Yankees’ side, they played the Philadelphia Phillies this week. New York managed a much-needed sweep in those three games with wins 14-4, 7-6 and 6-5. On Friday the Yankees never held a lead during a rough evening. Marcus Stroman left after 2.2 innings and seven earned runs in the starter role.

It’ll be Carlos Rodon in the starting pitcher slot for the Yankees on Saturday. So far Rodon is 11-7 with a 4.34 ERA in 22 starts. Rodon is 70-61 with a 3.89 ERA in 188 games (183 starts).

Blue Jays vs Yankees Pick Injury Notes

Yankees SP Cody Poteet (triceps) threw his second full bullpen session Thursday.

Total Runs Facts

• Each of the Blue Jays’ last nine day games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
• Each of the Yankees’ last eight day games as favorites have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Blue Jays’ last 10 games against American League opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last four games as favorites.

New York Yankees Player Prop Facts

• Anthony Volpe has recorded a Double in each of the Yankees’ last four games at Yankee Stadium against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Giancarlo Stanton has hit at least one home run in each of his last five Saturday appearances against teams that held a losing record.
• Carlos Rodon has recorded a win in each of his last four appearances with the Yankees as home favorites against AL opponents.
• Carlos Rodon has recorded seven or more strikeouts in six of his last seven appearances with the Yankees as favorites.
• Aaron Judge has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Yankees’ last four games against AL opponents.
• Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in each of the Yankees’ last six games against AL opponents.
• Anthony Volpe has recorded at least one hit in each of the Yankees’ last 15 games at Yankee Stadium against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in each of the Yankees’ last eight games against AL East opponents that held a losing record.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one total base in each of the Yankees’ last nine home games against the Blue Jays.
• Aaron Judge ranks 1st amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.695) this season.

Toronto Blue Jays Player Prop Facts

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has hit a home run in six of the Blue Jays’ last 10 games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one Double in three of the Blue Jays’ last four road games against AL East opponents.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one RBI in six of the Blue Jays’ last seven road games against AL East opponents.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has scored at least one run in 10 of the Blue Jays’ last 11 games as road underdogs against AL East opponents.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded two or more total bases in seven of his last eight road appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has recorded at least one Single in eight of the Blue Jays’ last nine day games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Jose Berrios has recorded five or more strikeouts in 11 of his last 12 appearances against the Yankees.
• George Springer has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances with the Blue Jays as road underdogs against the Yankees.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ranks 8th amongst qualified players for On Base Percentage (.387) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The New York Yankees rank 1st in the league for on-base percentage this season (.334).
• The New York Yankees rank 1st in the league for walks this season (449).
• The Toronto Blue Jays rank 27th in the league for home runs this season (101).
• The Toronto Blue Jays rank 5th in the league for strikeouts against this season (814).

Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Prediction

I’ll stay with the Yankees. Rodon has done well in his last two starts, totaling 13.1 innings and three earned runs over a pair of victories. As for Berrios, he’s 1-2 in his last three starts but did do well against the Rangers his last time up (7.0 innings; one earned).

On Friday the Yankees fell behind early thanks to a rough start from Stroman. The good news is that the bats were pretty solid overall. New York finished with 10 team hits. The bad news is that the Yankees couldn’t score after the fifth inning. Rodon should set the table up well in game two, however.