Toronto Blue Jays vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 5/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Washington Nationals

Date: Friday, May 3, 2024

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Nationals Park is the location where the Washington Nationals (15-15) will compete against the Toronto Blue Jays (15-17) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Yusei Kikuchi and Patrick Corbin.

Toronto owns a slugging percentage of .361 and have been called out on strikes 238 times, while drawing a walk on 112 occasions. They have earned 103 runs batted in in addition to 229 hits for the season, and their batting average is .225. The Blue Jays have tallied 50 doubles as a team and have hit 28 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 111 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are notching 3.5 runs per game, which ranks them 28th in the league.

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The Blue Jays have a team ERA of 4.34 for the year (23rd in the league), and the staff has struck out 247 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 42 home runs and 142 runs in total (21st in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 103 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.56 as a unit on the campaign. Toronto has conceded 270 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 133 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.40 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.

The Blue Jays bullpen have recorded a save rate of 90.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 29 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 53 runners for the season with 26.4% of those runners crossed the plate. Blue Jays pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 35 times and also have had 15 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 101 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The bullpen have earned 19 holds for the season (10th in the league). They have accumulated 9 saves over the course of the season and have blown 1 of their 10 save opportunities.

The Blue Jays have turned 69.5% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,484 innings on the field, ranking them 18th in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have amassed 828 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 276 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them ranked 9th in MLB, and they have turned 27 double plays.

Kikuchi has taken the hill for 667 frames and has accumulated 667 punch outs in his MLB career. Kikuchi (34-39 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.71 while he has gone up against 2,873 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.62 (343 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.372. He has allowed 670 base knocks (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 246 walks.

The Nationals have a team slugging percentage of .366 and they score 3.97 runs per game (20th in the league). They have hit 45 two-baggers, while walking 95 times and racking up 119 runs. Washington has tallied 27 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 110 RBIs. They have struck out on 235 occasions (25th in the league) and have 229 base hits. The Washington Nationals have an OBP of .308 and a batting average of .231 for the year.

The Nationals have a team WHIP of 1.425 and have a FIP of 3.46 as a team over the course of the season. They rank 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 281. The Washington pitching staff have yielded 129 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.16 (123 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.10 (240 strikeouts vs 98 bases on balls). They have allowed 20 homers and they yield 4.36 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league).

Washington relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.9% out of 39 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 35 times in high leverage situations and also on 29 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 38 save situations, the Nationals have accrued 23 holds and also 5 blown saves. They sit at 15th in baseball with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 109 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Washington has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 15 save chances and they have converted 10 saves.

In their 2,394 innings on the diamond, the Nationals have earned a defensive efficiency of 65.7% (30th in professional baseball). The Washington Nationals have gotten 33 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .992 (2nd in MLB). The Nationals have 289 assists, 9 errors and have a total of 798 putouts on the season.

Corbin (97-121 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.45 ERA while allowing 9.6 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.00 and he has faced 7,530 opposing hitters in his MLB career. He has conceded 864 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.369 and having a FIP of 4.1. In his MLB career, Corbin has allowed 1,857 hits while he has earned 1,612 punch outs in 1,749 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto

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