Toronto Blue Jays vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 6/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Miami Marlins

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-125) Miami (+105)

The Miami Marlins (41-31) will play the Toronto Blue Jays (39-34) at loanDepot park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Toronto at -125 and Miami is priced at +105. The over/under comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Yusei Kikuchi and Eury Perez.

Toronto is slugging .419 and have struck out 560 times, while drawing a walk on 240 occasions. They have earned 313 RBI's in addition to 664 hits this season, while their batting average is sitting at .263. The Blue Jays have compiled 130 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 83 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 330 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .332. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 12th in MLB.

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The Blue Jays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.99 on the campaign (11th in baseball), and they have rung up 683 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 102 home runs in addition to 315 runs in total (15th in the league). They have walked 232 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.42 as a squad so far this year. Toronto has surrendered 596 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 287 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.94 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28.

Blue Jays pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 80 times as well as having 77 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 41 holds on the campaign (11th in MLB). The Blue Jays relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 76.7% and stepped onto the hill in 71 save situations. They have earned 23 saves on the campaign and have blown 7 of 30 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 114 runners on the year with 21.1% of those players earned a run for their team. The Blue Jays have dispatched 241 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Toronto Blue Jays have notched a total of 1,940 putouts this year, as well as 577 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which puts them in 20th in MLB, and have a total of 55 double plays. The Blue Jays have transformed 69.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,820 innings on the field, which ranks them 13th in MLB.

Kikuchi has taken the mound for 537 innings and is sitting with 521 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.92 (294 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.416. He has surrendered 548 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 213 walks. Kikuchi (27-33 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 5.17 while facing 2,340 hitters during his time in the majors.

Miami has tallied 68 long balls so far this season and 272 runs batted in. They have tallied 106 doubles, while getting a free base 210 times and scoring 289 runs. The Miami Marlins have an OBP of .320 and a team batting average of .257 on the season. The Marlins hold a slugging percentage of .394 and they tally 4.01 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 590 occasions (21st in baseball) and have earned a total of 622 base knocks.

The Marlins have a WHIP of 1.291 in addition to having a FIP of 3.97 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.40 (670 strikeouts against 237 walks). They rank 13th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 588. They have given up 76 home runs and they concede 4.41 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Miami pitching staff have allowed 313 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.14 (294 earned runs given up).

Miami bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.3% out of 115 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 95 times in high leverage situations and on 75 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 81 save situations, the Marlins have 48 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. They sit at 10th in the league with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 249 relief pitchers to the hill this year. Miami has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 33 save opportunities and they have earned 22 saves.

The Miami Marlins have turned 65 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in pro baseball). The Marlins have recorded 636 assists, 44 errors and have 1,919 putouts for the year. Out of their 5,757 innings played, the Marlins have a efficiency on defense of 68.2% (22nd in the majors).

In his career, Perez has conceded 24 base knocks while he has earned 36 strikeouts in 35 innings. Perez (4-1 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 1.80 earned run average while conceding 6.2 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 7 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.086 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.57 and he has gone up against 142 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-125)

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