Atlanta Braves vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 4/16/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (+150) Toronto (-182)

Rogers Centre is where the Toronto Blue Jays (9-8) will meet the Atlanta Braves (5-11) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Braves at +150 and the Blue Jays are priced at -182. The over/under is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Spencer Strider and Chris Bassitt.

The Braves have tallied 22 doubles as a team and have hit 18 balls out of the stadium. Atlanta is slugging .372 and have been rung up 150 times, while being walked on 59 occasions. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are earning 3.6 runs per outing, which puts them at 24th in baseball. They have earned 54 runs batted in in addition to 119 hits for the season, while their batting average is at .225. They have tallied 57 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .306.

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The Braves hold a team earned run average of 4.39 on the year (21st in MLB), and the staff has struck out 138 hitters. Braves pitchers have surrendered 22 long balls and 69 runs (14th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 55 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.41 as a team over the course of the season. Atlanta has allowed 132 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 67 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.51 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.36.

The Braves have sent 50 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 21 base runners on the season with 52.4% of those players earned a run for their team. They have recorded 2 saves for the season and have blown 3 of 5 save chances. The Braves bullpen have recorded a save rate of 40.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 9 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 4 holds for the year (28th in MLB). Braves relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 17 times in addition to having 22 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Athletics have amassed 412 putouts on the campaign, as well as 141 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .991 which is 4th in the majors, and have a total of 12 double plays. The Braves have turned 69.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,236 innings, which has them sitting 22nd in the majors.

Strider has pitched in 329 innings and has accounted for 495 strikeouts thus far in his career. His ERA is 3.47 (127 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.072. He has conceded 244 base knocks (6.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 109 walks. Strider (32-10 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.42 while facing 1,342 hitters in the majors.

The Toronto Blue Jays hold an OBP of .335 as well as a team batting average of .261 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 119 instances (27th in the league) and have a total of 150 hits. Toronto has recorded 9 long balls on the season as well as 62 runs batted in. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .366 and they average 3.94 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have hit 31 doubles, while getting a free base 58 times and recording 67 runs.

The Blue Jays hold a team WHIP of 1.091 and have a FIP of 3.98 as a team for the season. They come in at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 118. The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 68 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.64 (62 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (149 strikeouts vs 49 free passes). They have yielded 21 homers and they relinquish 4.00 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league).

Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the game in 9 save opportunities and they have recorded 5 saves. They rank 19th in the league with a save percentage of 55.6%, and they have sent 59 relief pitchers onto the field on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have come in 15 times in high leverage situations and also on 19 occasions with base runners. Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.0% out of their 25 inherited runners. With 20 save situations, the Blue Jays have accumulated 11 holds and also 4 blown saves.

In their 1,380 innings played, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 73.9% (4th in the majors). The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 13 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in professional baseball). The Blue Jays have racked up 134 assists, 9 errors and have accumulated 460 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his MLB career, Bassitt has conceded 1,027 base hits while he has totaled 1,046 strikeouts in 1,126 frames. Bassitt (73-56 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.55 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 444 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.232 and having a FIP of 3.5. His K/BB ratio is 2.91 and he has gone up against 4,747 opposing hitters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta (+150)

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