Rangers vs. Blue Jays Prediction
Are the Blue Jays worth the risk as a heavy favorite versus the Rangers today at 1:07PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Blue Jays are -161 money line favorites versus the Rangers, who have odds of +140 to pull off the upset in Toronto. With Andrew Cashner set to face Joe Biagini in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 9 runs.
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Latest on Cashner via Rotoworld: Cashner yielded five runs in five innings Tuesday in a loss to the Red Sox. Cashner walked four and threw two wild pitches. He has a 21/25 K/BB ratio after eight starts, and he’s been incredibly lucky to sport a 3.18 ERA to this point.
Biagini gave up three runs over 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Brewers. Biagini blanked the Brew Crew through the first four frames, but he got BABIP’d to death in the fifth with four singles, a walk and three runs. He issued three free passes on the night and recorded three strikeouts. Biagini was good in his first two starts, but that hasn’t been the case the last two times out.
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OUR PREDICTION: The Blue Jays are a bit pricey but they’re still the best play in Toronto today. The Rangers are winless over their last five games, are just 8-20 in their last 28 road games, and are winless at 0-4 in Cashner’s last four road starts. Plus, Texas is just 9-24 in its last 33 games against Toronto and winless at 0-6 in its last six road games versus the Blue Jays, who are now 7-2 in their last nine home games.
SUNDAY MLB PREDICTION: TORONTO BLUE JAYS -161