Toronto Blue Jays vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 9/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

PNC Park is the location where the Pittsburgh Pirates (49-81) will try to beat the Toronto Blue Jays (70-59) on Saturday. The pitchers expected to start will be Ross Stripling and JT Brubaker.

Toronto has a slugging rate of .426 and have struck out 990 times, while drawing a walk on 388 occasions. They have tallied 587 RBI's and 1,146 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is at .260. The Blue Jays have compiled 244 doubles as a squad and have knocked 158 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 600 runs scored and have an OBP of .324. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in MLB.

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The Blue Jays have a team ERA of 3.92 on the year (16th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,116 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 342 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.95 as a team so far this year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.26 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.25. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 152 home runs and 551 total runs (16th in baseball).

Blue Jays relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 128 times and also have had 152 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 69 holds for the season (15th in baseball). The Blue Jays relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 63.6% and has come into the game in 127 save situations. They have earned 35 saves on the year and have not converted 20 out of their 55 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 192 base runners this year and 25.5% of them ended up scoring. The Blue Jays have dispatched 466 relievers to the hill this season.

The Blue Jays have turned 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,350 innings, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays are sitting with 3,450 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,090 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which has them sitting 15th in baseball, and have accumulated 103 double plays.

Stripling (34-38 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.95 and he has gone up against 2,651 hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 617 base hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 155 walks. His earned run average is 3.80 (270 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.209. Stripling has pitched in 638 innings and has totaled 597 strikeouts so far in his MLB career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned an OBP of .287 as well as a team batting average of .220 this year. They have been called out on strikes on 1,205 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have earned a total of 940 base hits. Pittsburgh has compiled 128 home runs for the season as well as 434 RBIs. The Pirates hold a slugging percentage of .361 and they score 3.56 runs per contest (28th in MLB). They have put up 172 doubles, while getting a free base 372 times and scoring 463 runs.

The Pittsburgh pitching staff have allowed 664 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.69 (594 earned runs allowed). They have yielded 134 homers and they surrender 5.25 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Pirates hold a team WHIP of 1.431 with a FIP of 4.28 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.17 (996 strikeouts against 459 free passes). They are currently ranked 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,171.

Pittsburgh has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 49 save opportunities and they have recorded 27 saves. They sit at 28th in MLB with a save percentage of 55.1%, and they have dispatched 407 relievers to the mound this year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 133 times in high leverage situations and on 127 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relievers have an inherited score percentage of 37.5% out of 192 inherited base runners. Sitting with 110 save situations, the Pirates have 58 holds and also 22 blown saves.

In 10,251 innings on the field, the Pirates have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 67.3% (29th in MLB). The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned 127 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in MLB). The Pirates have racked up 1,224 assists, 95 errors and have 3,417 putouts for the year.

In his career, Brubaker has surrendered 306 base hits while tallying 309 K's in 298 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 162 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.366 and having a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.03 and he has faced 1,307 batters so far in his career. Brubaker (9-27 career record) has earned a 4.88 earned run average while allowing 9.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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