Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 6/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+135) Toronto (-155)

The Boston Red Sox (42-31) are on their way to Rogers Centre on Tuesday where they will attempt to beat the Toronto Blue Jays (40-32). The moneyline on this contest has the Red Sox at +135 while the Blue Jays are sitting at -155. The over/under has been set at 9.5. The starting pitchers will be Michael Wacha and Ross Stripling.

As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are knocking in 4.8 runs/g, which ranks them 5th in the league. They have earned 351 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .326. The Red Sox have accumulated 175 two-baggers as a team and have hit 70 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 339 RBI's in addition to 659 base knocks for the season, while their batting average is .261. Boston has a slugging % of .419 and have been called out on strikes 572 times, while drawing a walk on 221 occasions.

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The Red Sox have compiled a team earned run average of 3.54 this season (6th in MLB), and they have rung up 617 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.94 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.18. Red Sox pitchers have given up 78 home runs and 286 total runs (7th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 210 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.89 as a unit on the season.

The Red Sox have dispatched 267 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 118 base runners over the course of the season and 33.1% of those runners crossed the plate. They have accumulated 17 saves this season and have not converted 14 of 31 save chances. The Red Sox relief pitchers have a save percentage of 54.8% and has come into the game in 84 save situations. The relievers have notched 53 holds on the year (2nd in baseball). Red Sox pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 82 times in addition to having 92 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Red Sox have turned 71.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,880 innings, which has them ranked 8th in MLB. The Boston Red Sox have notched a total of 1,960 putouts on the year, as well as 624 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them sitting 10th in professional baseball, and they have turned 61 double plays.

Wacha has thrown 1,091 frames and has earned 965 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.03 (489 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.314. He has given up 1,076 hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 358 free passes. Wacha (69-49 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.06 while going up against 4,637 batters in the major leagues.

Toronto has tallied 95 home runs so far this season to go along with 330 RBIs. They have tallied 137 doubles, while walking 224 times and notching 339 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have accumulated a team OBP of .323 and a batting average of .255 on the year. The Blue Jays hold a slugging % of .430 and they average 4.71 runs per outing (9th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 576 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have totaled 623 base knocks.

The Blue Jays hold a team WHIP of 1.258 in addition to having a FIP of 3.90 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.14 (599 strikeouts against 191 walks). They come in at 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 613. They have relinquished 79 dingers and they relinquish 4.45 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Toronto pitching staff have yielded 316 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.04 (287 earned runs conceded).

Toronto bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 27.9% out of 111 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 90 times in high leverage situations and on 74 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 82 save situations, the Blue Jays have tallied 43 holds and also 14 blown saves. They are currently ranked 20th in the league with a save rate of 61.1%, and they have sent 264 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Toronto has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 36 save chances and they have walked away with 22 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 60 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in professional baseball). The Blue Jays have accrued 628 assists, 34 errors and have accounted for 1,917 putouts so far this year. In their 5,751 innings on the field, the Blue Jays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (18th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Stripling has allowed 572 base knocks and he has 554 punch outs in 590 innings pitched. Stripling (32-36 career mark) is the owner of a 3.89 earned run average while giving up 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 255 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.223 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.69 and he has faced 2,459 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-155)

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