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The Toronto Blue Jays (35-41) and Cleveland Guardians (48-26) finish a 3-game series Sunday with 1st pitch from Progressive Field set for 1:40 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Blue Jays vs. Guardians odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Cleveland leads 3-2
Cleveland picked up the 6-3 win over Toronto Saturday while covering as a -135 home favorite. RHP Ben Lively got the win with 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 BB and 4 K.
Toronto has dropped each of its last 5 games while Cleveland is on a 4-game win streak.
Blue Jays at Guardians projected starters
LHP Yusei Kikuchi vs. RHP Triston McKenzie
Kikuchi (4-6, 3.65 ERA) makes his 16th start. He has a 1.25 WHIP, 2.1 BB/9 and 9.2 K/9 in 81 1/3 IP.
- Last start: Loss, 4 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 7 K in a 7-3 loss vs. the Boston Red Sox on Monday
- Career vs. Cleveland: 0-2, 2.45 ERA (33 IP, 9 ER), 20 H, 10 BB, 35 K in 5 starts
McKenzie (3-4, 4.48 ERA) makes his 15th start. He has a 1.46 WHIP, 5.4 BB/9 and 8.3 K/9 in 70 1/3 IP.
- Last start: Loss, 2 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 0 K in an 8-5 loss vs. the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday
- Career vs. Toronto: 1-2, 3.20 ERA (19 2/3 IP, 7 ER), 14 H, 4 BB, 13 K in 3 starts
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Blue Jays at Guardians odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 12:17 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Blue Jays -105 (bet $105 to win $100) | Guardians -115 (bet $115 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Blue Jays -1.5 (+155) | Guardians +1.5 (-190)
- Over/Under (O/U): 9 (O: +100 | U: -120)
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Blue Jays at Guardians picks and predictions
Prediction
Guardians 4, Blue Jays 2
Moneyline
BET GUARDIANS (-115).
Cleveland enters on a 4-game win streak while Toronto is on a 5-game skid. The Guardians are also 6-4 in their last 10 while the Blue Jays are 3-7 across that same span.
Cleveland is 6-4 in its last 10 vs. Toronto and only 1 of those Blue Jays’ wins vs. the Guardians have come in Cleveland.
Run line/Against the spread
PASS.
I fully expect the Guardians to cover here as +1.5 (-190) underdogs, but their odds are better on the moneyline.
Over/Under
LEAN UNDER 9 (-120).
The Under is 2-0-2 in Toronto’s last 4 road games and is 5-3-2 in its last 10 overall. For Cleveland, the Under is 5-4-1 in its last 10 games. The Under has also hit in 3 of the last 4 Toronto-Cleveland meetings in Cleveland, being 6-3-1 in the last 10 matchups overall.
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