In our MLB predictions for Saturday, July 9, we bring you the best Blue Jays vs Mariners betting pick and odds. Toronto and Seattle lock horns in the third of a four-game series at T-Mobile Park. The Mariners hammered the Jays 8-3 in Thursday’s opener, while Friday night’s duel has been excluded from the analysis.
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Blue Jays vs Mariners Betting Pick
This game will be played at T-Mobile Park at 10:10 PM ET on Saturday, July 9, 2022.
Why Bet The Blue Jays:
✅ Alek Manoah will take the mound for the Blue Jays, and the 24-year-old right-hander must be fired up to bounce back from Monday’s loss at Oakland Coliseum. Manoah yielded five runs (four earned) to a lowly Athletics, but he still holds a firm 9-3 record, 2.33 ERA, and 0.99 WHIP in 2022. The talented righty ranks in the 97th percentile in hard-hit percentage, while Manoah’s four-seamer has a minus-8 run value.
✅ Robbie Ray will get the nod for the Mariners and face his former teammates, who have ten hits, four home runs, and seven RBIs in 34 at-bats against him. Ray has allowed only three runs over his previous four starts, but he’ll have a tall task to keep the Jays quiet, as Toronto’s lineup is full of dangerous right-handed batters. The reigning AL Cy Young Award champ allows a .632 OPS to the lefties and .695 OPS to the righties, while Toronto is hitting .260/.333/.423 against the left-handed pitchers in 2022.
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✅ On paper, Toronto is a better offensive team than Seattle. The Blue Jays are slashing .271/.330/.439 with 18 home runs in the last two weeks and 512 at-bats. On the other side, the Mariners have posted a .250/.321/.420 triple-slash with 14 dingers across 424 at-bats in that span.
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays returned to losing ways and fell to 45-39 on the season following Thursday’s defeat at T-Mobile Park. It was their sixth loss in the previous seven games overall and seventh in the Jays’ last ten showings on the road.
Toronto was sitting at the fourth spot in the AL East on Friday. The Blue Jays held the bottom wild card in the American League, three games ahead of the Mariners and Guardians.
Seattle Mariners
The Mariners extended their winning streak to five games following that 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Monday. Seattle has improved a lot over the last few weeks, winning 13 of their previous 16 games overall.
The M’s bullpen sits at 3.71 ERA and 3.90 FIP for the season. But in the last ten days of action, the Mariners’ relievers have accounted for a 1.90 ERA, 3.06 FIP, and 12.2 K/9 across 23.2 innings of work.