Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 9/18/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+180) Toronto (-210)

The Baltimore Orioles (75-68) are headed to Rogers Centre on Sunday where they will take on the Toronto Blue Jays (82-63). The moneyline on this contest has the Orioles at +180 while the Blue Jays are sitting at -210. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Dean Kremer and Alek Manoah.

As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 21st in MLB. They have tallied 596 runs and hold an OBP of .303. The Orioles have hit 249 two-baggers as a team and have hit 151 baseballs out of the park. They have accrued 564 RBI's in addition to 1,128 base knocks this season, while their batting average is .235. Baltimore has a slugging percentage of .390 and have struck out 1,234 times, while drawing a walk on 409 occasions.

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The Orioles hold a team ERA of 3.90 on the campaign (15th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,071 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 382 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.03 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.80 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.28. Orioles pitchers have conceded 154 home runs and 593 total runs (10th in MLB).

Orioles bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 192 times in addition to having 162 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 77 holds this year (14th in the league). The Orioles relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 78.8% and stepped onto the hill in 132 save situations. They have earned 41 saves for the season and have not converted 11 out of their 52 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 274 runners on the campaign with 28.8% of those players crossed home plate. The Orioles have sent 482 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Orioles have turned 69.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,400 innings, ranking them 23rd in baseball. The Baltimore Orioles have a total of 3,800 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,345 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which ranks 21st in the majors, and they have turned 133 double plays.

Kremer has thrown 172 frames and has accounted for 141 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Kremer (8-13 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.43 and he has faced 737 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.81 (92 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.395. He has surrendered 181 hits (9.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 59 free passes.

The Toronto Blue Jays have an OBP of .326 as well as a batting average of .261 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 1,107 instances (25th in the league) and have 1,296 base knocks. Toronto has accumulated 175 home runs on the campaign as well as 661 RBIs. The Blue Jays have a team slugging % of .427 and they earn 4.66 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have recorded 280 doubles, while taking a walk 441 times and putting up 676 runs.

The Blue Jays hold a team WHIP of 1.226 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.90 as a pitching staff so far this year. They come in at 20th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,213. The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 609 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.88 (557 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.36 (1,248 strikeouts against 371 walks). They have allowed 169 HR's and they relinquish 4.24 runs per 9 innings (11th in baseball).

Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 63 save chances and they have come away with 41 saves. They are ranked 14th in MLB holding a save percentage of 65.1%, and they have dispatched 524 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 168 times in high leverage situations in addition to 146 occasions with runners on. Toronto bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.1% out of their 224 inherited runners. Sitting with 148 save situations, the Blue Jays have 82 holds in addition to 22 blown saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 110 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (11th in baseball). The Blue Jays have 1,204 assists, 70 errors and have earned 3,876 putouts during this campaign. In their 11,628 innings played, the Blue Jays have a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (16th in pro baseball).

Manoah (23-9 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 2.74 ERA and has allowed 6.6 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.49 and he has gone up against 1,172 hitters in his MLB career. He has conceded 88 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.016 and a FIP of 3.6. During his career, Manoah has allowed 211 hits while earning 290 strikeouts in 289 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+180)

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