Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 5/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-105) Boston (-115)

Fenway Park is where the Boston Red Sox (15-14) will take on the Toronto Blue Jays (18-10) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Toronto at -105 while Boston is priced at -115. The total comes in at 9. The men taking the mound are Yusei Kikuchi and Tanner Houck.

The Blue Jays have recorded 47 two-baggers as a team and have hit 31 baseballs out of the park. Toronto is slugging .408 and have been rung up 223 times, while being walked on 98 occasions. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 11th in the league. They have accumulated 127 RBI's as well as 248 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average comes in at .258. They have earned 132 runs while holding a team OBP of .333.

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The Blue Jays have an earned run average of 3.90 so far this season (12th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 273 batters. Blue Jays pitchers have yielded 35 home runs in addition to 118 runs in total (11th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 83 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.16 as a unit for the year. Toronto has surrendered 211 hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 108 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.29 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.18.

The Blue Jays bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 78.6% and has come into the game in 34 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 41 runners so far this year and 26.8% of those runners crossed home plate. Blue Jays relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 29 times in addition to having 29 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have dispatched 96 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers are sitting with 20 holds on the campaign (9th in the league). They have compiled 11 saves for the year and have missed out on 3 of their 14 chances to save the game.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned 747 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 212 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which has them ranked 13th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 22 double plays. The Blue Jays have transformed 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,241 innings on the field, ranking them 6th in baseball.

Kikuchi has taken the ball for 493 innings and has earned 478 punch outs during his career. His ERA is 4.91 (269 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.407. He has conceded 498 base hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 196 walks. Kikuchi (25-31 career mark) holds a FIP of 5.07 and he has gone up against 2,141 hitters during his time in the majors.

Boston has accumulated 37 HRs on the season as well as 154 runs batted in. They have tallied 62 doubles, while getting a free base 103 times as well as putting up 163 runs. The Boston Red Sox are sitting with an OBP of .333 as well as a batting average of .257 on the year. The Red Sox have a team slugging percentage of .436 and they average 5.62 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 227 instances (23rd in baseball) and have a total of 255 hits.

The Red Sox have a WHIP of 1.348 in addition to having a FIP of 4.73 as a unit on the year. They rank 24th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 259. The Boston pitching staff have yielded 151 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.99 (142 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio is 8.60 (245 strikeouts vs 86 walks). They have given up 40 homers and they relinquish 5.31 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league).

Boston has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 8 save chances and they have walked away with 7 saves. They are currently ranked 1st in the league with a save percentage of 87.5%, and they have dispatched 92 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 19 times in high leverage situations and also on 11 occasions with runners on. Boston relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 47.4% of 19 inherited runners. Sitting with 23 save situations, the Red Sox have 15 holds and also 1 blown save.

In their 2,304 innings played, the Red Sox have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (21st in MLB). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 25 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in pro baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 252 assists, 18 errors and have amassed 768 putouts over the course of the season.

During his MLB career, Houck has allowed 137 base hits and he has 188 K's in 172 innings pitched. Houck (12-10 career mark) has a 3.24 earned run average while allowing 7.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up 62 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.157 and having a FIP of 3.1. His K/BB ratio is 3.03 and he has gone up against 706 hitters during his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Toronto (-105)

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