In our MLB predictions for Wednesday, August 17, we bring you the best Orioles vs Blue Jays betting pick and odds. Baltimore and Toronto close down a three-game series at Rodgers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The O’s defeated the Jays 7-3 in Monday’s opener, while Tuesday’s middle game has been excluded from the analysis.
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Orioles vs Blue Jays Betting Pick
This game will be played at Angel Stadium at 9:38 PM ET on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
Why Bet The Blue Jays:
✅ Austin Voth will take the hill for the Orioles, and it’s hard to trust the 30-year-old right-hander in this tough duel against the Blue Jays. Voth holds a 3-1 record with a pedestrian 5.34 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in nine starts and 23 relief appearances in 2022. He ranks in the 28th percentile in expected slugging percentage and the 8th percentile in chase rate. The current Blue Jays are 8-for-29 with a pair of home runs against Voth.
✅ Ross Stripling will get the starting call for the Blue Jays and return from a 15-day stint on the IL caused by a hip injury. The 32-year-old righty has done a good job so far this season, tallying a 5-3 record, 3.16 ERA, and 1.10 WHIP in 15 starts and eight relief appearances. Stripling had a nice 3.24 ERA and 2.96 FIP in July (five starts, 25 innings pitched).
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✅ The Blue Jays are slashing a miserable .202/.244/.331 in the last seven days and 124 at-bats. They are too good to struggle for too long and will break out of their funk sooner rather than later. Toronto owns the fifth-highest scoring offense (4.70 runs per game) and the fourth-highest OPS in the majors (.759).
Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles improved their record to 60-55 for the season following Monday’s victory over the Blue Jays. They snapped a two-game skid, holding the fourth spot in the wild-card race. Baltimore has recorded a mediocre .262/.309/.378 slash line in the last seven days and 172 at-bats, while the Orioles’ bullpen compiled a 3.18 ERA, 9.3 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, and .270 BABIP across 45.1 innings of work in August.
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays fell to 61-53 following Monday’s loss to the Orioles, still holding the final wild card in the American League. It was their second defeat in a row and fifth in six games, so the Jays desperately need to get things going on both sides of the ball. Their bullpen has registered a 3.33 ERA, 7.6 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, and .291 BABIP through 46 frames of work in August. However, the Jays’ starting rotation has struggled a lot in the last couple of weeks, so Toronto’s pitching staff has an underwhelming 4.63 ERA and 1.37 WHIP in 105 innings pitched this month.