The New York Yankees (32-23) and Toronto Blue Jays (28-27) continue this penultimate regular-season series Wednesday at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field, Toronto’s 2020 home. First pitch is set for 6:37 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Yankees-Blue Jays MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Tuesday: The Yankees won our run line play and hit our small Over bet with an easy 12-1 victory. The four-game set is tied 1-1; the Blue Jays took the opener 11-5.
Playoff picture: With five games remaining for both clubs, the Yankees lead the Blue Jays by 4 games for second place in the AL East, and trail the Tampa Bay Rays (36-20) by 3.5 games for first.
The Blue Jays currently are the AL’s No. 2 wild card, 3.5 games ahead of the Los Angles Angels (25-31) and 4 games ahead of the Seattle Mariners (24-31).
Season series: Yankees lead 5-3.
Yankees at Blue Jays: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Masahiro Tanaka vs. LHP Robbie Ray
Tanaka is 3-2 with a 3.27 ERA (44 IP, 16 ER) in 9 starts.
- Last start: Win, 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 5 K vs. Blue Jays last Thursday – Yankees won 10-7
- Last 5 starts: 3-1, 2.54 ERA (28 1/3 IP, 8 ER)
- Career vs. Blue Jays: 14-5, 2.92 ERA (135 2/3 IP, 44 ER) in 22 starts, including 1-0 in 1 start this season (last Thursday)
Ray is 2-5 with a 7.17 ERA (47 2/3 IP, 38 ER) in 10 starts and 1 relief appearance combined for the Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks
- Last start: Loss, 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 6 K at Philadelphia Phillies Friday – Blue Jays lost 7-0
- Since trade to Blue Jays: 1-1, 5.94 ERA (16 2/3, 11 ER) in 4 games (3 starts)
- Career vs. Yankees: 1-0, 2.57 ERA (7 IP, 2 ER) in 1 start back in 2016
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Yankees at Blue Jays: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Blue Jays
- RP Rafael Dolis (knee) questionable
- RP Ken Giles (forearm) out
- RP Jordan Romano (finger) out
- 1B/3B Travis Shaw (back) questionable
- 1B Rowdy Tellez (knee) out
Yankees at Blue Jays: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 11:20 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Yankees 10, Blue Jays 4
Money line (ML)
The Yankees (-223) clinch second place in the AL East with a win, which would leave the Blue Jays (+195) battling for a wild-card spot. Tanaka gives New York the edge, but the price is too steep.
PASS and focus on the run line.
New to sports betting? Every winning $2.23 bet on the Yankees ML will profit $1. Every $1 bet on the Blue Jays profits $1.95 if they win.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
For a second game in a row, BetMGM is applying a +/-2.5 run line due to the Yankees being such big favorites. New York is -2.5 (+100); Toronto is +2.5 (-121).
And for the second game in a row, I’ll back the -1.5 alternate line, making the YANKEES -1.5 (-143) the play, but just a small one. They’re 10-4 vs. the RL in their last 14 games, while the Blue Jays are 4-10.
(Small-unit plays should be half your usual bet).
Over/Under (O/U)
The OVER 10.5 (-110) is the STRONGEST PLAY. In the 21 games Toronto has played at Sahlen Field so far, there has been an average of 11.48 runs per game. In the five Yankees-Blue Jays meetings in Buffalo, the two combined to average 12.0 runs per game.
(Strongest plays should be 1.5 times your usual bet).
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| Johnny’s 2020 MLB record | 59-31-1 |
| 2020 overall record (all sports) | 99-59-2 |
| Strongest plays (all sports) | 51-23 |
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