Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 7/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-150) Oakland (+130)

The Oakland Athletics (26-55) will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (44-36) at Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Toronto at -150 while Oakland is sitting at +130. The betting total is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Yusei Kikuchi and Adrian Martinez.

Toronto has a slugging rate of .435 and have struck out 631 times, while drawing a walk on 252 occasions. They have accrued 369 RBI's and 703 hits on the season, while their average at the plate is .258. The Blue Jays have earned 161 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 104 balls out of the park. They have a total of 380 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .327. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league.

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Blue Jays pitchers have given up 91 long balls in addition to 356 runs in total (21st in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 217 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.08 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. The Blue Jays hold a team ERA of 4.10 on the campaign (21st in MLB), and they have struck out 669 batters.

Blue Jays pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 80 times in addition to having 95 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 47 holds so far this season (12th in baseball). The Blue Jays relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 60.5% and has entered the game in 88 save situations. They have recorded 23 saves this season and have blown 15 of their 38 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 121 base runners on the year with 28.1% of them crossed the plate. The Blue Jays have dispatched 291 relievers to the mound so far this year.

The Blue Jays have transformed 68.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 6,408 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 22nd in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have earned 2,136 putouts for the season, as well as 696 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which has them ranked 8th in professional baseball, and have a total of 68 double plays.

Kikuchi has taken the ball for 428 innings and is sitting with 400 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.94 (235 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.419. He has surrendered 440 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 168 free passes. Kikuchi (18-28 record in his career) holds a FIP of 5.02 while facing 1,862 hitters in the majors.

The Athletics hold a slugging % of .329 and they earn 3.15 runs per contest (29th in baseball). They have tallied 127 doubles, while getting a free base 201 times as well as scoring 255 runs. Oakland has tallied 56 HRs for the year as well as 236 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 688 instances (9th in the league) and are sitting with 561 base hits. The Oakland Athletics have tallied a team on-base percentage of .273 as well as a batting average of .212 over the course of the season.

The Oakland pitching staff have relinquished 371 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.38 (344 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 89 homers and they allow 4.73 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The Athletics are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.343 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.31 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.27 (611 strikeouts vs 269 bases on balls). They come in at 22nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 679.

Oakland bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.1% of 156 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 87 times in high leverage situations and also on 101 occasions with base runners. With 82 save situations, the Athletics have 49 holds and also 14 blown saves. They are currently ranked 28th in the league holding a save percentage of 54.8%, and they have sent 276 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Oakland has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 31 save chances and they have converted 17 saves.

In their 6,357 innings on the field, the Athletics hold a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (19th in baseball). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 72 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (24th in MLB). The Athletics have 734 assists, 53 errors and are sitting with 2,119 putouts during this campaign.

In his pro baseball career, Martinez has allowed 11 hits while he has accumulated 6 strikeouts in 10 innings pitched. He has allowed 7 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.300 and a FIP of 5.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.00 and he has faced 44 hitters during his MLB career. Martinez (1-1 career mark) is the owner of a 6.30 earned run average while allowing 9.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Oakland (+130) and under 8 runs

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