Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+140) Toronto (-165)

The Baltimore Orioles (60-55) are en route to Rogers Centre on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays (61-53). The moneyline on this contest has the Orioles at +140 while the Blue Jays are coming in at -165. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Austin Voth and Ross Stripling.

Baltimore owns a slugging percentage of .392 and have been rung up 995 times, while being walked on 327 occasions. They have recorded 462 runs batted in in addition to 924 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is sitting at .238. The Orioles have accrued 211 doubles as a unit and have hit 118 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 490 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .306. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 18th in MLB.

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The Orioles have a team ERA of 3.92 over the course of the season (16th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 886 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 317 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.06 as a team on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.79 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.29. Orioles pitchers have conceded 127 home runs in addition to 481 total runs (13th in MLB).

Orioles relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 153 times in addition to having 137 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen are sitting with 62 holds for the season (14th in the league). The Orioles relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 76.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 106 save situations. They have compiled 32 saves this year and have blown 10 out of their 42 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 215 runners for the year and 29.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Orioles have sent 396 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Orioles have turned 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,150 innings, which ranks them 22nd in baseball. The Baltimore Orioles have accounted for 3,050 putouts this year, in addition to 1,063 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .984 which ranks 20th in the majors, and they have turned 102 double plays.

Voth has thrown 223 innings and has earned 217 K's in his MLB career. His earned run average is 5.23 (130 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.408. He has given up 232 base hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 83 free passes. Voth (12-9 career record) has a FIP of 4.83 and he has faced 973 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

Toronto has recorded 146 long balls for the season as well as 523 RBIs. They have tallied 214 two-baggers, while taking a walk 334 times and scoring 536 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied an OBP of .325 and a batting average of .263 over the course of the season. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .433 and they are recording 4.70 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 887 occasions (26th in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,023 base hits.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.249 in addition to having a FIP of 4.02 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.13 (956 strikeouts against 305 bases on balls). They rank 18th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 959. They have yielded 135 dingers and they relinquish 4.38 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB). The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 492 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (446 earned runs conceded).

Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 51 save chances and they have come away with 32 saves. They sit at 17th in baseball holding a save percentage of 62.7%, and they have sent 413 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 136 times in high leverage situations and also on 113 occasions with runners on. Toronto relievers have an inherited score rate of 26.2% out of their 168 inherited base runners. With 116 save situations, the Blue Jays have 62 holds and also 19 blown saves.

In their 9,108 innings played, the Blue Jays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (19th in MLB). The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 92 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (11th in baseball). The Blue Jays have accrued 960 assists, 54 errors and have accumulated 3,036 putouts over the course of the season.

Stripling (33-37 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.86 earned run average while conceding 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.75 and he has faced 2,581 hitters in his career. He has surrendered 266 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.220 and a FIP of 4.0. In his career, Stripling has conceded 603 base knocks while he has accumulated 578 strikeouts in 620 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+140)

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