Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 9/6/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-162) Oakland (+136)

Oakland Coliseum is the site where the Oakland Athletics (42-96) will take on the Toronto Blue Jays (76-62) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Blue Jays at -162 while the Athletics are at +136. The total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Hyun Jin Ryu and JP Sears.

The Blue Jays have earned 248 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 162 baseballs out of the park. Toronto is slugging .420 and have been called out on strikes 1,106 times, while being walked on 464 occasions. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which puts them at 15th in MLB. They have tallied 605 runs batted in as well as 1,237 base knocks this year, while their team batting average comes in at .260. They have earned 636 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .332.

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The Blue Jays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.72 this season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,291 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 169 home runs and also 566 runs in total (4th in MLB). They have walked 409 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.08 as a unit for the year. Toronto has yielded 1,119 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 510 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.16 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24.

The Blue Jays bullpen have earned a save rate of 74.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 154 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 207 runners this year and 22.2% of them ended up scoring. Blue Jays pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 144 times in addition to having 168 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 469 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers have 91 holds on the year (2nd in baseball). They have compiled 47 saves this season and have blown 16 of their 63 save opportunities.

The Toronto Blue Jays are sitting with 3,699 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,098 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which puts them in 10th in pro baseball, and have 105 double plays. The Blue Jays have converted 69.5% of balls in play into outs out of 11,097 innings on the diamond, ranking them 11th in professional baseball.

Ryu has taken the hill for 1,032 innings and is sitting with 919 punch outs so far in his career. Ryu (78-46 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.48 and he has gone up against 4,232 batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.24 (372 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.174. He has conceded 983 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 229 free passes.

The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .371 and they average 3.69 runs per contest (30th in baseball). They have put up 192 doubles, while walking 433 times as well as putting up 509 runs. Oakland has accounted for 145 home runs for the year as well as 490 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,254 occasions (7th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,018 base hits. The Oakland Athletics have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .301 and a batting average of .224 on the year.

The Oakland pitching staff have surrendered 806 runs this year while holding an ERA of 5.64 (758 earned runs given up). They have allowed 186 long balls and they allow 5.99 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.532 in addition to having a FIP of 5.08 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (1,111 strikeouts against 585 free passes). They sit at 27th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,269.

Sitting with 105 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 52 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. Oakland has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 50 save opportunities and they have recorded 25 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 159 times in high leverage situations and also on 165 occasions with runners on. Oakland relievers have an inherited score rate of 38.7% out of their 256 inherited runners. They sit at 26th in the league with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 461 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year.

The Oakland Athletics have gotten 102 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in the majors). The Athletics have recorded 1,090 assists, 84 errors and are sitting with 3,632 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 10,896 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (27th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Sears has given up 207 hits and he has 189 strikeouts in 216 innings pitched. Sears (9-14 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.36 earned run average and has allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 105 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.242 and a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.05 and he has gone up against 909 opposing batters in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Oakland (+136) and under 7.5 runs

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