The Toronto Blue Jays (67-75) are +138 underdogs for their Saturday matchup with the Atlanta Braves (77-64). Jose Berrios gets the ball for the Blue Jays and will look to upset the Braves and earn his 15th win of the campaign.
Atlanta’s Spencer Schwellenbach and Toronto’s Berrios have been named the starters for this contest.
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The Braves have won 64 of the 112 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (57.1%).
Atlanta has a record of 38-24 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -162 or shorter (61.3% winning percentage).
The Blue Jays have won 25, or 35.2%, of the 71 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
This season, Toronto has won four of its 13 games, or 30.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +138 on the moneyline.
The Braves have played in 141 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-85-5).
The Blue Jays’ games have gone over the total in 74 of their 141 chances.
Braves Stats & Insights
The Braves rank 17th in runs scored with 601, 4.3 per game.
Atlanta is fifth-best in baseball with 181 total home runs.
The Braves have the 16th-ranked batting average in the league (.241).
Atlanta strikes out 9.2 times per game to rank 24th in baseball.
The Braves pitching staff is No. 1 in MLB with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
Atlanta has the second-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.55).
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays rank 18th in the majors with 599 total runs scored this season.
Toronto ranks 24th in Major League Baseball with 145 home runs.
The Blue Jays’ .241 batting average ranks 16th in the league this season.
Toronto has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the sixth-best strikeout rate (7.6 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Blue Jays strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 20th in MLB.
Toronto has pitched to a 4.37 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
Braves Key Players to Watch
Schwellenbach (5-6) takes the mound for the Braves in his 17th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.69 ERA in 92 2/3 innings pitched, with 104 strikeouts.
Marcell Ozuna leads Atlanta in batting average (.309), home runs (37) and runs batted in (98) this season.
Matt Olson has collected 121 hits this season and has an OBP of .310. He’s slugging .436 on the year.
Jorge Soler has 99 hits this season and a slash line of .230/.329/.414.
Orlando Arcia is batting .223 with an OBP of .276 and a slugging percentage of .363 this season.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
The Blue Jays will send Berrios (14-9) to the mound for his 29th start this season.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. paces the Blue Jays in home runs (28), runs batted in (93) and has put up a team-best batting average of .327.
George Springer has 17 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 54 walks while hitting .219.
Daulton Varsho is hitting .216 with 21 doubles, seven triples, 18 home runs and 47 walks.
Ernie Clement has 19 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and nine walks while hitting .260.
Braves and Blue Jays Injuries
Braves: Austin Riley: 10 Day IL (Hand), Ozzie Albies: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Spencer Strider: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Jordan Minter: 60 Day IL (Hip), Angel Perdomo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Ronald Acuña Jr.: 60 Day IL (Knee), Raymond Kerr: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Blue Jays: Bo Bichette: 10 Day IL (Calf), Jordan Romano: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alek Manoah: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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