Philadelphia Phillies vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 9/4/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Philadelphia Phillies vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Philadelphia (-101) Toronto (-119)

The Philadelphia Phillies (81-56) are en route to Rogers Centre on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays (67-72). The moneyline on this game has Philadelphia at -101 and Toronto is priced at -119. The total comes in at O9.0. The starting pitchers will be Cristopher Sanchez and Bowden Francis.

Philadelphia is slugging .420 and have been called out on strikes 1,146 times, while drawing a walk on 447 occasions. They have 629 RBI's as well as 1,203 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .257. The Phillies have tallied 236 doubles as a unit and have smacked 163 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 659 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. As a squad, the Philadelphia Phillies are notching 4.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in MLB.

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The Phillies are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.67 this season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,214 batters. Phillies pitchers have surrendered 150 home runs in addition to 549 runs in total (5th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 366 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.81 as a unit on the year. Philadelphia has relinquished 1,107 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 500 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.32 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.20.

Phillies pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 82 times and also have had 145 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 66 holds on the year (21st in baseball). The Phillies relievers have compiled a save rate of 63.3% and has entered the game in 116 save situations. They have accumulated 31 saves for the season and have blown 18 out of their 49 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 111 base runners so far this year with 35.1% of those players earned a run for their team. The Phillies have dispatched 435 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Philadelphia Phillies have accumulated 3,679 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,250 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 18th in professional baseball, and they have turned 106 double plays. The Phillies have converted 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,037 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 17th in pro baseball.

Sanchez has taken the mound for 304 frames and has earned 268 strikeouts in his MLB career. Sanchez (15-16 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.76 and he has gone up against 1,265 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.82 (129 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.237. He has surrendered 300 hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 76 free passes.

The Toronto Blue Jays have accounted for an OBP of .313 as well as a batting average of .241 for the year. They have struck out on 1,046 instances (25th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,112 base hits. Toronto has accounted for 141 home runs on the campaign as well as 559 runs batted in. The Blue Jays have a team slugging percentage of .394 and they score 4.22 runs per contest (19th in the league). They have hit 245 doubles, while taking a walk 442 times and notching 587 runs.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.272 with a FIP of 4.47 as a squad for the season. They are currently ranked 18th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,130. The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 639 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.34 (589 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.40 (1,138 strikeouts against 424 walks). They have given up 185 long balls and they allow 4.71 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league).

Toronto relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.1% out of their 209 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 106 times in high leverage situations and also on 133 occasions with runners on. With 128 save situations, the Blue Jays have recorded 73 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. They rank 7th in baseball with a save rate of 67.3%, and they have dispatched 461 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the season. Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the game in 52 save opportunities and they have walked away with 35 saves.

In their 11,001 innings on the field, the Blue Jays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (8th in baseball). The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 103 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (23rd in pro baseball). The Blue Jays have accrued 1,144 assists, 80 errors and have earned 3,667 putouts this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Francis has conceded 82 base hits while totaling 111 strikeouts in 115 frames. Francis (9-3 career record) holds a 3.05 earned run average and has allowed 6.4 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 39 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 0.946 and having a FIP of 3.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.11 and he has gone up against 452 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Philadelphia (-101)

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