Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 5/1/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, May 1, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (14-14) host the Toronto Blue Jays (18-9) at Fenway Park on Monday. The starting pitchers will be Jose Berrios and Corey Kluber.

The Blue Jays have tallied 44 doubles as a unit and have hit 30 baseballs out of the stadium. Toronto owns a slugging percentage of .406 and have been rung up 215 times, while drawing a walk on 94 occasions. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are knocking in 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 14th in baseball. They have earned 119 runs batted in and 234 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is at .255. They have a total of 124 runs scored while having a team OBP of .331.

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The Blue Jays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.77 for the season (11th in the league), and the staff has struck out 262 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 31 long balls and 108 runs in total (10th in the league). They have walked 78 hitters and their FIP is 3.97 as a unit so far this season. Toronto has allowed 204 base knocks (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 100 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.36 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.18.

The Blue Jays relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 84.6% and has come into the game in 32 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 41 base runners on the year and 26.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 28 times in addition to having 28 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 92 relievers to the hill this season. The relievers have recorded 19 holds so far this year (9th in the league). They have 11 saves this year and have missed out on 2 of their 13 chances to save the game.

The Blue Jays have turned 70.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,151 innings on the field, ranking them 9th in the majors. The Toronto Blue Jays have accounted for 717 putouts this season, in addition to 203 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which is 12th in professional baseball, and have earned 20 double plays.

Berrios has taken the hill for 1,052 innings and has accounted for 1,036 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.25 (497 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.250. He has given up 999 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 316 walks. Berrios (74-57 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.01 while he has gone up against 4,456 batters in the majors.

The Boston Red Sox have an OBP of .331 and a batting average of .257 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 217 occasions (24th in MLB) and are sitting with 246 base knocks. Boston has 35 long balls so far this year to go along with 147 runs batted in. The Red Sox hold a team SLG% of .431 and they earn 5.57 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have recorded 58 doubles, while taking a walk 97 times as well as scoring 156 runs.

The Red Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.381 and have a FIP of 4.80 as a staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (238 strikeouts against 86 free passes). They rank 25th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 255. They have given up 40 home runs and they surrender 5.47 runs per 9 innings (26th in MLB). The Boston pitching staff have surrendered 150 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 5.14 (141 earned runs allowed).

Boston has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 8 save opportunities and they have come away with 7 saves. They rank 1st in MLB with a save rate of 87.5%, and they have sent 89 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 19 times in high leverage situations and on 11 occasions with runners on base. Boston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 47.4% of 19 inherited runners. Sitting with 22 save situations, the Red Sox have 14 holds and also 1 blown save.

Out of their 2,223 innings on the diamond, the Red Sox have a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (24th in professional baseball). The Boston Red Sox have turned 25 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in the majors). The Red Sox have accrued 244 assists, 17 errors and have earned 741 putouts during this campaign.

Kluber (114-75 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.36 ERA and has allowed 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.80 and he has faced 6,537 hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 602 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.115 and a FIP of 3.2. During his MLB career, Kluber has surrendered 1,441 base knocks while he has accumulated 1,703 punch outs in 1,610 innings pitched.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Boston

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