Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 5/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Sportsnet

The Toronto Blue Jays (21-26) are traveling to Comerica Park on Thursday where they will compete against the Detroit Tigers (23-25). The expected starting pitchers will be Kevin Gausman and Jack Flaherty.

Toronto has a slugging percentage of .366 and have struck out 329 times, while drawing a walk on 154 occasions. They have 162 RBI's in addition to 345 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .231. The Blue Jays have recorded 79 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 39 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 173 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 3.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 27th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.61 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.34. Blue Jays pitchers have given up 60 home runs and also 213 total runs (17th in MLB). Toronto has surrendered 390 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 194 earned runs. The Blue Jays have compiled a team ERA of 4.38 over the course of the season (21st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 376 hitters. They have walked 144 opposing players and their FIP is 4.43 as a squad for the year.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 153 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 78 base runners so far this year with 24.4% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 12 saves on the season and have blown 5 of their 17 chances to get a save. The Blue Jays bullpen have a save rate of 70.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 45 save situations. The relievers have notched 28 holds for the year (12th in MLB). Blue Jays relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 53 times and also have had 32 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned a total of 1,197 putouts so far this season, as well as 386 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which has them ranked 20th in professional baseball, and they have turned 35 double plays. The Blue Jays have converted 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 3,591 innings, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball.

Gausman (90-94 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.60 and he has faced 6,645 opposing hitters in the majors. He has allowed 1,568 base hits (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has 440 walks. His ERA is 3.87 (679 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.271. Gausman has taken the hill for 1,579 frames and is sitting with 1,646 strikeouts during his MLB career.

The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .373 and they are scoring 4.17 runs per game (18th in baseball). They have put up 74 doubles, while walking 144 times and scoring 196 runs. Detroit is sitting with 39 long balls so far this year as well as 186 RBIs. They have been rung up on 416 occasions (12th in the league) and are sitting with 372 hits. The Detroit Tigers have recorded an on-base percentage of .304 and a team batting average of .234 for the season.

The Detroit pitching staff have conceded 184 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.38 (158 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 41 home runs and they relinquish 3.94 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.145 and have a FIP of 3.52 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (402 strikeouts vs 124 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 357.

Detroit bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.9% out of 68 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 60 times in high leverage situations and on 48 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 42 save situations, the Tigers have 20 holds and 10 blown saves. They sit at 25th in the league with a save percentage of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 138 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year. Detroit has had relievers step onto the hill in 22 save chances and they have come away with 12 saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 38 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (19th in baseball). The Tigers have accrued 398 assists, 28 errors and have accounted for 1,262 putouts for the season. In 3,786 innings on the field, the Tigers have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (6th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Flaherty has given up 604 hits while he has tallied 820 punch outs in 722 innings pitched. He has given up 301 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.199 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has faced 3,008 hitters in his career. Flaherty (43-37 record in his career) has a 3.75 earned run average and has surrendered 7.5 hits per 9 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Toronto

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