Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays Pick – 8/14/2025
The Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays have split the first two games of their three-game series from Rogers Centre. They will play the rubber match on Thursday afternoon in Toronto. Both teams are sending excellent starting pitchers to the mound in this game and that starting pitching matchup could decide this game. Here, I take a closer look at this interleague matchup and give you my Cubs vs Blue Jays prediction for Thursday.
Our Cubs vs Blue Jays Pick
- Pick: Toronto Blue Jays moneyline
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Game Snapshot
- Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays
- Date & Time: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 3:07 pm ET
- Starting Pitchers: Matthew Boyd (11-5, 2.45 ERA) vs Max Scherzer (2-2, 4.21 ERA)
- Stadium: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Broadcast: SNET and MARQ
Key Storylines
Pitching matchup
Matthew Boyd has delivered a strong season for the Cubs. He has an 11-5 record and 2.45 ERA over 135.2 innings. Boyd will face Max Scherzer. Scherzer is a future Hall Of Famer but he’s just 2-2 with a 4.21 ERA in just 47 innings this season. This is a great pitching matchup between a current star and one of the greats of this generation and both of these potent lineups could have rough days at the plate.
Series Update
This has been an evenly matched series in Toronto so far. Both teams have won a game in this series and the teams are separated by just one run across those two games. The Blue Jays won the first game of this series 5-1 on Tuesday. Chicago responded with a 4-1 win on Wednesday to set up a deciding game of the series on Thursday.
Recent team streaks
Chicago ended a two-game losing streak with their win in Toronto on Wednesday. Toronto had a two-game winning streak end in their loss on Wednesday night. Both teams are 2-3 over their last three games.
Best Player Props
| Player | Prop | Line |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | Total bases | Over 1.5 |
| Seiya Suzuki | Home runs | Over 0.5 |
| Max Scherzer | Strikeouts | Over 5.5 |
Cubs vs Blue Jays Model Projection
Score Projection: Blue Jays 5 – Cubs 4
Win Probability: Cubs 42%, Blue Jays 58%
Final Thoughts
This game has been made a pick ’em by oddsmakers and it’s not hard to see why. Both of these teams are excellent and we should get a highly competitive ballgame. I will give the edge to the Blue Jays by a slim margin in this contest. They are just under 20 games above .500 at home and we should see the best possible outing from Scherzer at this stage of his career.
