Toronto Blue Jays vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 7/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Sportsnet

The Arizona Diamondbacks (47-47) will try to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays (43-50) at Chase Field on Sunday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Yusei Kikuchi and Zac Gallen.

Toronto has a slugging rate of .374 and have been rung up 683 times, while drawing a walk on 310 occasions. They have accumulated 358 RBI's and 721 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is .235. The Blue Jays have tallied 154 doubles as a unit and have hit 84 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 377 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .312. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 4.1 runs per outing, which has them at 24th in the league.

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The Blue Jays are sitting with a team ERA of 4.33 on the season (23rd in the league), and their staff has rung up 756 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 128 home runs and 432 total runs (21st in the league). They have walked 271 batters and their FIP is 4.49 as a unit on the campaign. Toronto has given up 789 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 394 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.79 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30.

Blue Jays pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 91 times and also have had 67 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 55 holds on the campaign (11th in MLB). The Blue Jays bullpen have compiled a save rate of 66.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 90 save situations. They have earned 22 saves on the season and have missed out on 11 of 33 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 136 base runners this season with 28.7% of them ended up scoring. The Blue Jays have sent 312 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Blue Jays have converted 69.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,365 innings, which has them sitting 19th in the majors. The Toronto Blue Jays have notched a total of 2,455 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 789 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which has them sitting 21st in professional baseball, and they have turned 70 double plays.

Kikuchi has taken the ball for 734 innings and has accumulated 742 strikeouts during his career. His ERA is 4.62 (377 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.370. He has surrendered 745 base knocks (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 261 free passes. Kikuchi (36-45 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.55 while he has gone up against 3,161 hitters in the major leagues.

Arizona has hit 98 HRs this year as well as 437 runs batted in. They have recorded 165 doubles, while getting a free base 304 times as well as putting up 458 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks have tallied a team OBP of .323 in addition to a batting average of .253 for the season. The Diamondbacks hold a team slugging % of .409 and they are recording 4.87 runs per outing (7th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 738 occasions (21st in MLB) and have a total of 803 base knocks.

The Arizona pitching staff have conceded 452 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.59 (425 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 108 HR's and they concede 4.88 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.345 and have a FIP of 4.30 as a team so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 7.50 (691 strikeouts vs 276 free passes). They rank 29th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 846.

Arizona bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 43.2% out of their 118 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 89 times in high leverage situations and also on 88 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 84 save situations, the Diamondbacks have tallied 44 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. They are ranked 25th in MLB holding a save percentage of 55.3%, and they have sent 305 relievers to the mound this season. Arizona has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 38 save opportunities and they have come away with 21 saves.

Out of their 7,512 innings on the diamond, the Diamondbacks have a efficiency on defense of 69.0% (23rd in the majors). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 89 double plays and have a fielding rate of .988 (2nd in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have 865 assists, 40 errors and have accounted for 2,504 putouts for the year.

During his MLB career, Gallen has conceded 597 base hits while he has tallied 804 K's in 740 frames. Gallen (45-36 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.22 ERA while allowing 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 265 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.109 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.59 and he has gone up against 3,003 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto

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