Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox 5/3/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
The Toronto Blue Jays will meet with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday, May 03, 2023, at 7:10 PM EDT. The Blue Jays’ staff has 280 strikeouts and a combined ERA of 3.99 through 13 games of the current campaign.
Pitchers for the Blue Jays gave up 124 runs overall and 38 long balls, ranking 12th in MLB. They walked 85 players from the opposing side, and as a group, they have a season FIP of 4.27.
Toronto gave up 114 earned runs in addition to 224 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings). They have a 3.29 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 1.20 WHIP for their pitching staff.
The Blue Jays bullpen helped save the game 34 times, with a 78.6% save rate. The relievers faced 42 base runners, and 26.2% of them reached first base.
The Blue Jays’ relief pitchers entered the game with runners on base 30 times and in high-leverage situations 30 times. This season, the Blue Jays sent 99 relievers to the mound.
The relievers are ninth in MLB with 20 holds overall this season. They made 11 saves so far this year and missed three of their 14 chances to make saves.
This season, the Toronto Blue Jays were on a roll as it seems like everyone is pitching in and generating much more than was anticipated.
Matt Chapman, the third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball this season at .379, and his teammate Bo Bichette is only three places behind him.
- The Toronto Blue Jays are 16-14-0 against the spread in their 30 chances this season.
- The Blue Jays rank 9th in MLB with a .257 team batting average.
- Alex Manoah is looking to record his 3rd quality start of the year.
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Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox Predictions 5/3/2023
The Boston Red Sox have a team batting average of .261 and an on-base percentage of .336 for the season. They received 234 pitches, which ranks them 21st in the league, and 268 hits overall.
Boston has 160 RBIs and 40 home runs so far this season. The Red Sox rank third in the league in terms of runs scored per game with 5.63 and a team slugging percentage of.444.
They accumulated 169 runs, 105 walks, 64 doubles, and 169 strikeouts. The Boston pitching staff surrendered 146 earned runs while having a collective ERA of 4.96 this season.
They allowed 41 home runs and 5.30 runs per nine innings, which ranks 25th in the league.
The Red Sox have a campaign-long WHIP of 1.358 and a campaign-long FIP of 4.73. They have an 8.70 strikeout-to-walk ratio (255 strikeouts to 92 walks).
The Red Sox now have a.533 win percentage with a 16-14 overall record. In this game, Nick Pivetta will start on the mound.
He currently has a season record of 1-2 and pitched a total of 24.2 innings with an ERA of 5.11 and a WHIP of 1.38. If Pivetta can keep his team in this game against the Blue Jays.
- Boston has an implied victory probability of 45% according to the Moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Boston Red Sox are 18-13-0 against the spread in their 31 matchups this season.
- Pivetta will look to last five or more innings for his 3rd consecutive appearance.
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox. The MLB pick for this game is the Toronto Blue Jays. Just like the previous games in the series, this one will feature an all-out battle.
This game will be very similar, if not the same, as the previous two games, which were decided by a single run in each.
As Manoah and Pivetta did not exactly pitch up to their expectations this season, and as the Red Sox and Blue Jays were hitting everything that comes to the plate, the over will hit once more in this series.
Go for the OVER. The Toronto Blue Jays will win by a predicted score of 9-8.
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Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox 5/3/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
MLB Starting Time: 7:10 PM (EDT)
Location: Fenway Park
Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2023
TV: MLBN
MLB Odds: Toronto Blue Jays -145
MLB Totals: 9.5