New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 9/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-130) Toronto (+110)

Rogers Centre is the location where the Toronto Blue Jays (87-67) will try to defeat the New York Yankees (94-59) on Wednesday. The line on this contest has the Yankees at -130 and the Blue Jays are priced at +110. The total is 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Gerrit Cole and Mitch White.

The Yankees have compiled 217 doubles as a team and have hit 242 baseballs out of the park. New York has a slugging percentage of .428 and have struck out 1,310 times, while taking a walk on 586 occasions. As a team, the New York Yankees are scoring 5.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball. They have compiled 733 runs batted in in addition to 1,237 hits this season, and their team batting average is at .241. They have racked up 772 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .324.

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Yankees pitchers have given up 151 long balls and also 545 runs (3rd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 417 opposing players and their FIP is 3.59 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.31 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.12. The Yankees have a team earned run average of 3.35 over the course of the season (3rd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,379 hitters.

The Yankees have sent 482 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 240 runners for the season and 29.6% of them earned a run for their team. They have earned 44 saves for the year and have blown 21 of 65 chances to save the game. The Yankees relief pitchers have a save rate of 67.7% and stepped onto the hill in 145 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 76 holds over the course of the season (19th in baseball). Yankees relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 171 times and also have had 176 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Yankees have turned 71.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,354 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 2nd in MLB. The New York Yankees are sitting with 4,118 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,393 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which puts them in 6th in MLB, and they have turned 94 double plays.

Cole has pitched in 1,637 frames and has totaled 1,917 strikeouts during his career. Cole (129-70 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.13 while he has gone up against 6,605 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.23 (588 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.102. He has conceded 1,383 base knocks (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 422 free passes.

Toronto has hit 188 long balls so far this year as well as 714 RBIs. They have recorded 298 doubles, while walking 478 times and putting up 731 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have compiled a team on-base percentage of .327 and a team batting average of .261 for the year. The Blue Jays have a team SLG% of .429 and they tally 4.75 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,179 occasions (25th in the league) and have tallied 1,377 base knocks.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.243 with a FIP of 3.90 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.28 (1,327 strikeouts against 405 walks). They come in at 21st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,301. They have given up 177 dingers and they concede 4.30 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league). The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 656 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 3.93 (599 earned runs conceded).

Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 68 save opportunities and they have converted 43 saves. They rank 18th in baseball holding a save rate of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 557 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 178 times in high leverage situations and also on 155 occasions with runners on base. Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 25.4% of 236 inherited base runners. Sitting with 159 save situations, the Blue Jays have compiled 88 holds in addition to 25 blown saves.

In 12,351 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (20th in professional baseball). The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 115 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (12th in baseball). The Blue Jays have recorded 1,280 assists, 76 errors and are sitting with 4,117 putouts for the season.

Thus far in his career, White has allowed 137 base knocks and he has 124 K's in 141 innings pitched. White (3-9 career record) has a 4.53 ERA while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 71 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.319 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.53 and he has faced 610 opposing batters thus far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (+110)

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