Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays 8/2/2023 Picks Predictions

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The Baltimore Orioles (65-41, 1st AL East) will go against the Toronto Blue Jays (59-48, 3rd AL East) in MLB action in Rogers Centre, CAN, on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 7:07 PM ET.

The Baltimore Orioles are currently in first place in the American League East, but their pitching needs to improve if they advance further in the postseason.

Baltimore ranks 19th in WHIP with a 1.30 and 15th in team ERA at 4.15. Baltimore ranks 10th in quality, starting with 42, but dips to 20th with a .249 batting average surrendered.

Dean Kremer and Kyle Gibson each have ten victories, and Kremer leads the league in strikeouts with 111. On Wednesday, Grayson Rodriguez will start for Baltimore.

The right-hander has a 2-2 record, a 6.21 ERA, and 70 strikeouts this year.

Baltimore ranks merely 17th in terms of team batting average at the plate (.249) but moves up to 10th in terms of slugging percentage (.419) and runs scored (515).

Baltimore is ranked 19th with a .317 on-base percentage. Santander leads the Orioles in home runs with 18 and RBI with 58.

Gunnar Henderson ranks second with 17 home runs, and Adam Frazier ranks second with 49 RBI. Baltimore boasts a well-balanced offensive lineup at the bat, with seven players having 40 or more RBI.

Relief pitchers for the Orioles entered the game 134 times with runners on base and 143 times in high-leverage situations.

The relievers lead the league with 79 holds so far this season. The Orioles’ bullpen pitchers entered the game in 139 save situations and earned a save percentage of 60.3%.

They made 35 saves so far this season and missed 23 of 58 chances to make saves. Over the season, the relievers took over 200 runners, and 36.5% reached base. This season, the Orioles sent 364 bullpen pitchers to the mound.

The total went OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 6 matches.
The Baltimore Orioles are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches.
The Baltimore Orioles are 7-1 SU in their last 8 matches against Toronto.

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Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays Predictions 8/2/2023

Toronto is still in striking distance in the race for the American League East and the American League Wild Card.

Toronto is second in team ERA with a 3.76, fourth in Quality Starts with 50, sixth in BABIP (.240), and eleventh in WHIP (1.26).

Kevin Gausman leads Toronto in strikeouts with 171 while Chris Bassitt leads the team with 10 wins. On Wednesday, Yusei Kikuchi will start for Toronto. The left-hander has an 8-3 record, a 3.79 ERA, and 160 strikeouts this year.

Toronto is fifth in baseball for team batting average (.261), eighth for on-base percentage (.331), and ninth for slugging percentage (.419). Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto in home runs and RBI with 17 and 66, respectively.

Bo Bichette, forced from the game on Monday due to a knee injury, is second in RBI with 59 and is tied for first in home runs with 17. In 107 contests, Toronto hit 124 home runs, 9 triples, and 191 doubles.

Out of the 169 inherited base runners, Toronto’s relievers had an inherited scoring percentage of 20.7%. They used their bullpen relievers 118 times with runners on base and 123 times in high-pressure situations.

The Blue Jays now have 119 save opportunities, 13 failed saves, and 70 holds. They now boast the second-best save percentage in MLB, at 73.5%, and used 360 different bullpen relievers this season.

Toronto had 49 chances to preserve the game by using bullpen pitchers, and they managed to do it 36 times.

The total went UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 matches.
The total went UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 7 matches at home.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 0-6 SU in their last 6 matches at home against Baltimore.

Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays. The MLB pick for this game is the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles won six of their previous seven meetings with Toronto, while Baltimore won 14 of its last 20 games overall.

Additionally, Baltimore won all five of its recent away games against Toronto.

Bo Bichette, who led the Blue Jays in batting average throughout the season and is presently second on the club in both home runs and RBI, might not play.

Due to a knee injury, Bichette was forced to leave Monday’s game against Baltimore. Grayson Rodriguez, the starting pitcher for Baltimore, performed admirably in his past two starts.

The right-hander has six hits, two runs, 10 strikeouts, and four walks over 12 innings. Both of the contests were victories for Baltimore.

Yusei Kikuchi, a starter for Toronto, threw brilliantly during his previous two appearances, allowing only one run in 11-13 innings.

But twice this year, when Toronto fell to Baltimore, the southpaw from Toronto took the mound. Kikuchi allowed Baltimore five runs across 9 13 innings this year. The Baltimore Orioles will win to a predicted score of 5-4.

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