Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+175) Toronto (-205)

The Chicago Cubs (55-73) are en route to Rogers Centre on Tuesday where they will play the Toronto Blue Jays (68-58). The moneyline on this game has the Cubs at +175 and the Blue Jays are priced at -205. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers are Marcus Stroman and Kevin Gausman.

The Cubs have earned 212 doubles as a unit and have knocked 131 balls out of the park. Chicago has a slugging % of .390 and have been called out on strikes 1,126 times, while being walked on 404 occasions. As a squad, the Chicago Cubs are compiling 4.1 runs per game, which has them at 22nd in MLB. They have accounted for 499 runs batted in in addition to 1,037 hits this season, and their batting average sits at .240. They have tallied 529 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .312.

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Cubs pitchers have allowed 169 long balls and 615 runs (24th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 428 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.37 as a squad this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.60 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. The Cubs hold a team earned run average of 4.27 this season (24th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,111 batters.

The Cubs relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 55.4% and has entered the game in 105 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 182 base runners so far this year with 30.8% of them crossed the plate. Cubs relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 134 times as well as having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cubs have dispatched 428 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have tallied 45 holds on the year (29th in the league). They have tallied 31 saves on the campaign and have blown 25 of their 56 chances to get a save.

The Cubs have converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,299 innings on the diamond, ranking them 23rd in professional baseball. The Chicago Cubs have earned 3,433 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,156 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which puts them in 26th in MLB, and have earned 114 double plays.

Stroman has taken the mound for 1,125 innings and has earned 937 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.67 (459 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.262. He has allowed 1,105 base hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 315 free passes. Stroman (64-66 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.64 while going up against 4,680 batters in the major leagues.

The Toronto Blue Jays have an OBP of .324 in addition to a team batting average of .261 for the season. They have been rung up on 980 occasions (26th in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,124 hits. Toronto has compiled 153 home runs over the course of the season and 572 RBIs. The Blue Jays hold a slugging % of .427 and they score 4.64 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have put up 240 doubles, while taking a walk 376 times and putting up 585 runs.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.246 and have a FIP of 3.97 as a team over the course of the season. They come in at 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,061. The Toronto pitching staff have given up 537 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.91 (487 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.23 (1,085 strikeouts against 336 free passes). They have surrendered 149 long balls and they surrender 4.31 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball).

Sitting with 123 save situations, the Blue Jays have earned 66 holds in addition to 20 blown saves. Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 54 save opportunities and they have tallied 34 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 149 times in high leverage situations in addition to 123 occasions with base runners. Toronto relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 24.7% of 186 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 17th in baseball holding a save percentage of 63.0%, and they have sent 453 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 99 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in baseball). The Blue Jays have 1,056 assists, 67 errors and have amassed 3,363 putouts for the year. In their 10,089 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (20th in pro baseball).

Gausman (73-81 record in his career) has earned a 3.93 earned run average and has allowed 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.58 and he has gone up against 5,527 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 573 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.280 and having a FIP of 3.7. During his MLB career, Gausman has surrendered 1,311 hits while he has totaled 1,316 K's in 1,311 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Chicago (+175)

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