Toronto Blue Jays at Milwaukee Brewers Best Bet – 6/11/2024

Toronto Blue Jays vs Milwaukee Brewers Details

• Date: June 11, 2024
• Venue: American Family Field
• Starting Pitchers:
  • Yusei Kikuchi - Blue Jays
  • Carlos Rodriguez - Brewers

Betting Odds

Toronto Blue Jays vs Milwaukee Brewers Win Probabilities

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Toronto Blue Jays vs Milwaukee Brewers Betting Preview

The Milwaukee Brewers, having a strong season with a 39-27 record, will host the Toronto Blue Jays, who are struggling at 32-34, on June 11, 2024, at American Family Field. This interleague matchup is the second game in the series, and both teams enter with something to prove. The Brewers are enjoying a significant run, featuring one of MLB's top offenses, while the Blue Jays look to turn things around with solid pitching.

Milwaukee’s offense ranks 4th best in the league, boasting an impressive team batting average (3rd) and a strong penchant for stolen bases (3rd). This contrasts sharply with Toronto’s offense, which sits 19th overall, struggling particularly with power and speed, ranking 26th in home runs and 21st in stolen bases. On the mound for the Brewers will be right-handed Carlos Rodriguez, who despite an overall #123 pitcher ranking, faces a Blue Jays team that may not exploit his weaknesses effectively.

Rodriguez’s projections from THE BAT X, the leading MLB projection system, suggest a middling performance, averaging 4.9 innings with 2.5 earned runs allowed, 4.6 hits, 1.7 walks, and just 4.0 strikeouts. These projections aren't stellar, but they might be enough against a struggling Toronto offense. Yusei Kikuchi, Toronto’s starter, offers a mix of good and bad. With a 3.48 ERA and a moderate 5-5 record through 13 starts, he has shown flashes of brilliance. However, his projections indicate he might allow more hits (4.9) and earned runs (2.7) than desired, despite average strikeout numbers (5.5).

The Brewers’ bullpen, ranked 10th, is another advantage against Toronto’s 17th-ranked bullpen. With key hitters like Blake Perkins heating up recently, Milwaukee seems poised to capitalize on its offensive strengths. Perkins, with a .316 average and .929 OPS over the last 7 games, provides a spark.

Betting markets reflect a close game, with both teams set at -110 moneyline and a game total of 8.5 runs. Despite this, Milwaukee’s robust lineup, contrasted with Toronto’s offensive woes, could tilt the game in favor of the Brewers, giving them a slight edge in this tightly contested matchup.

Quick Takes Toronto Blue Jays:

Out of all starters, Yusei Kikuchi's fastball velocity of 94.8 mph is in the 82nd percentile this year.

• Velocity is a key component to fastball success in generating strikeouts and preventing runs.

Daulton Varsho is an extreme flyball hitter and squares off against the strong outfield defense of Milwaukee (#2-best of all teams on the slate today).

• This player's skill set matches up poorly with the opposing team's defensive strength, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.

Toronto's 88.6-mph average exit velocity since the start of last season is one of the worst in the majors: #23 overall.

• Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.

Quick Takes Milwaukee Brewers:

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Carlos Rodriguez to throw 83 pitches in this matchup (8th-least of the day), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

• Pitchers who throw relatively few pitches are more likely to get pulled from the game earlier, record fewer outs, and generate fewer strikeouts.

Joey Ortiz is penciled in 1st in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 81% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.

• The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.

William Contreras hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.9% — 98th percentile) and is fortunate to face the league's 8th-shallowest CF fences in today's game.

• This player's skill set matches up particularly well with the park he's in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.

Game Trends

• The Milwaukee Brewers have hit the Moneyline in 39 of their last 66 games (+11.60 Units / 14% ROI)
• The Toronto Blue Jays have hit the Team Total Under in 25 of their last 42 games (+6.10 Units / 12% ROI)
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr has hit the Singles Over in 27 of his last 37 games (+14.30 Units / 30% ROI)

Toronto Blue Jays vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction

Final Score: Toronto Blue Jays 4.42 vs Milwaukee Brewers 4.13

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