Rays vs Blue Jays Betting Odds
When: June 30, 2022, at 7:07 p.m. EDT
Venue: Rogers Centre – Toronto, Ontario
Rays vs Blue Jays Betting Preview
An American League East series begins Thursday night when the Tampa Bay Rays (40-34, 15-17 away) visit the Toronto Blue Jays (42-33, 23-15 home). Both teams are well out of the AL East race but do occupy two of the three Wild Card spots.
The Rays have been balanced at the dish this season as they are led by Isaac Paredes 10 home runs and Ji-Man Choi’s 35 RBIs. Yandy Diaz has a team high .266 batting average on the season. Tampa Bay is hitting .234 and the pitchers have posted a 3.23 ERA and 1.11 WHIP.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr has been mashing this season and he leads Toronto with 18 home runs and 46 RBIs. Alejandro Kirk has a team high .320 batting average. The Blue Jays are batting .257 and the pitching staff has combined for a 4.02 ERA and 1.26 WHIP.
Rays vs Blue Jays Betting Trends
Rays
- Tampa Bay are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games against Toronto.
- Tampa Bay are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games on the road.
- Tampa Bay are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games when playing on the road against Toronto.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 12 games against an opponent in the American League East Division.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 11 games played on a Thursday.
Blue Jays
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto’s last 10 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
- The total has gone OVER in 14 of Toronto’s last 16 games at home.
- Toronto are 4-8 SU in their last 12 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.
- The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto’s last 7 games against an opponent in the American League.
- Toronto are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games played on a Thursday.
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Rays vs Blue Jays Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Tampa Bay was swept in their two-game series in Milwaukee with 5-3 loss on Wednesday. This game was tied at three until the eighth inning when the Rays scored one run in each of the final two innings. Rowdy Tellez hit the game winning home run in the eighth inning to secure the two-game sweep of the Rays. Tellez went 2-4 with two home runs, two RBIs and two runs scored in the win. Brad Boxberger improved to 2-1, Calvin Faucher dropped to 1-2 and Josh Hader saved his 24th game of the season.
Toronto could not finish off the midweek sweep of Boston as they lost 6-5 in extras on Wednesday. The Blue Jays tied the game up in the eighth inning but could not create another comeback after the Red Sox scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning. Santiago Espinal went 2-4 with one walk and two RBIs in the loss. Matt Strahm is now 3-2 and David Phelps fell to 0-2 in 2022.
Pitching Matchup: Jeffrey Springs (3-2, 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP) vs Yusei Kikuchi (2-4, 5.08 ERA, 1.59 WHIP)