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2020 MLB Handicapping
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Time: 3:10 PM ET
Venue: Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay, Florida
Projected Pitchers: Hyin-Jin Ryu vs. Charlie Morton
MLB Moneyline Odds: Blue Jays +120, Rays -133
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: -1.5
MLB Baseball Gambling Total 0/U: 9
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Toronto Blue Jays
The homeless Blue Jays travel to Tampa for the opening of the truncated 2020 season. Will being MLB’s only team without a home stadium be demoralizing to the favored Jays? Perhaps.
On the upside, starting pitcher Hyin-Jin Ryu went 14-5 and led all of baseball with a 2.32 ERA across 29 starts and 182 2/3 innings pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.
The Jays made a big investment in Ryu, signing him to a four-year, $80 million deal in free agency. Generally the Blue Jays have the advantage on defense here.
Although the quality of pitching drops off steeply after Ryu. The Blue Jays don’t exactly have a stellar bullpen, other than closer, Ken Giles, so Toronto needs to get at least seven innings out of Ryu and preferably eight.
Tampa Bay Rays
If there’s one game you don’t want to lose it’s the home opener (actually a lot of good teams have lost home openers) but in a shortened season with little time to pull out of any slumps, you want to win this one.
It doesn’t help that the Rya will starting their season without their top hitter Austin Meadows, and first baseman, Jose Martinez, will also likely be out.
The good news is Charlie Morton on the pitchers mound is solid, finishing third in AL Cy Young voting in his first season with the Rays and going 8-3 with a 2.59 ERA and 0.958 WHIP over 17 starts at Tropicana Field.
That, plus pitchers usually have the advantage over hitters in early season outings, as hitters need to see a lot of pitches before they can consistently read a pitcher.
Free Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays MLB Prediction:
On paper this is Toronto’s game to lose, but don’t underestimate the demoralizing effect of having no home stadium as they start the season.
Are they the Buffalo Blue Jays or the Toronto Blue Jays or perhaps the Dunedin Blue Jays (that last one being their Florida training camp). With so much going on in the world right now, stability counts for a lot.
This is why, despite the odds I’m picking Tampa and the under. As noted, this should be mostly a pitching duel, with the edge to right hander Morton on the mound.
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: Toronto RL
Look for some of Tampa’s lower down hitters to get runs late in the game as Ryu loses some of his edge in the Florida heat.
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