Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Toronto Blue Jays (29-32) are on their way to Oakland Coliseum on Friday where they will take on the Oakland Athletics (25-38). The expected starting pitchers will be Chris Bassitt and Hogan Harris.

As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 26th in the league. They have racked up 237 runs while having a team OBP of .310. The Blue Jays have compiled 101 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 52 baseballs out of the park. They have 224 runs batted in and 471 hits for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .234. Toronto has a slugging percentage of .370 and have been called out on strikes 437 times, while drawing a walk on 208 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.69 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30. Blue Jays pitchers have given up 80 long balls and 281 runs (21st in MLB). Toronto has allowed 516 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 255 earned runs. The Blue Jays are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.28 on the campaign (23rd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 485 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 180 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.41 as a squad so far this season.

Blue Jays pitchers have come into the game with runners on 64 times in addition to having 44 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 39 holds this season (10th in MLB). The Blue Jays relievers have earned a save rate of 70.0% and has come into the game in 59 save situations. They have tallied 14 saves for the year and have not converted 6 out of their 20 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 89 base runners for the season with 25.8% of those players earned a run for their team. The Blue Jays have sent 205 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Toronto Blue Jays are sitting with 1,610 putouts this year, in addition to 529 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 16th in MLB, and have a total of 48 double plays. The Blue Jays have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,830 innings on the field, which ranks them 18th in MLB.

Bassitt has thrown 1,002 innings and has 920 K's during his MLB career. His ERA is 3.53 (393 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.210. He has conceded 899 base knocks (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has 313 free passes. Bassitt (68-48 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.48 and he has faced 4,204 opposing batters in the majors.

The Athletics hold a slugging percentage of .381 and they are recording 3.75 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have recorded 93 doubles, while getting a free base 199 times as well as scoring 236 runs. Oakland has recorded 74 home runs this season to go along with 225 RBIs. They have been rung up on 612 occasions (2nd in the league) and have recorded 469 hits. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .296 in addition to a batting average of .223 on the campaign.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.316 in addition to having a FIP of 4.00 as a pitching staff for the year. They rank 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 535. The Oakland pitching staff have yielded 300 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.21 (262 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 7.80 (485 strikeouts vs 202 bases on balls). They have surrendered 58 homers and they surrender 4.82 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB).

Oakland has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 22 save chances and they have tallied 15 saves. They sit at 12th in baseball with a save rate of 68.2%, and they have sent 201 relief pitchers onto the field for the year. Their relievers have taken the field 66 times in high leverage situations and also on 67 occasions with runners on. Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 29.1% of 86 inherited runners. With 65 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 42 holds and 7 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 63 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (29th in professional baseball). The Athletics have 553 assists, 44 errors and have 1,680 putouts so far this year. In their 5,040 innings on the field, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (26th in MLB).

During his pro baseball career, Harris has surrendered 79 base hits while he has accumulated 71 K's in 77 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 55 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.466 and having a FIP of 6.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and he has faced 345 opposing batters during his MLB career. Harris (3-6 career record) holds a 6.42 earned run average while allowing 9.2 hits per 9 innings.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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