Toronto‌ ‌Blue‌ ‌Jays‌ ‌vs‌ ‌Tampa‌ ‌Bay‌ ‌Rays‌ ‌07/25/2020 Baseball Betting, Tips and MLB Forecast

Toronto‌ ‌Blue‌ ‌Jays‌ ‌vs‌ ‌Tampa‌ ‌Bay‌ ‌Rays‌ ‌07/25/2020 –Toronto Blue Jays will remain on the road as they look forward to continuing their success against the Tampa Bay Rays from Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Toronto was predicted to be a strong team this season with some young talent on their squad. The Blue Jays have the power and the potential to play the spoiler role this season. Tampa Bay Rays clinched the Wild Card spot last year with a 96-66 overall record. The Bay Rays held the second spot in the AL East and they still have key players in the right position this season. In the opening game, mlb lines were equally in support of Tampa and Toronto.

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Toronto‌ ‌Blue‌ ‌Jays‌

Toronto Blue Jays smashed nine hits and scored six runs in their opening game and they restricted Tampa Bay to four runs. During the fourth and fifth inning, they went deep from the plate and scored all six runs. Four RBIs and three hits came off the plate from Randal Grichuk and Cavan Biggio. From the pitching end, Hyun-jin Ryu threw four-plus innings and surrendered four hits and three runs. Toronto is all set to deliver Matt Shoemaker as their starting pitcher in this game. The Blue Jays have the young guns on their side including Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette and Biggio to support their pitching unit.

Players to watch: C. Biggio 2B (GP 1 AB 5 R 2 H 2 2B 0 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 3 TB 5 BB 0 SO 3 SB 0 AVG 0.4 OBP 0.4 SLG 1 OPS 1.4), B. Bichette SS (GP 1 AB 5 R 1 H 1 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 TB 1 BB 0 SO 2 SB 0 AVG 0.2 OBP 0.2 SLG 0.2 OPS 0.4).

Tampa‌ ‌Bay‌ ‌Rays‌

The Bay Rays were unable to do much from the plate and their pitching unit surrendered too much. Charlie Morton threw four innings and surrendered seven hits and six runs. Tampa will look forward to making a change in this game with Ryan Yarbrough taking the mound as their starting pitcher. Yarbrough did well against Toronto last season with a 6-1 record. The talented pitcher held an ERA of 2.45 and 25 strikeouts. Tampa will clearly depend on their pitching unit in this game to get past the Blue Jays.

Players to watch: J. Martinez 1B (GP 1 AB 5 R 0 H 1 2B 1 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 TB 2 BB 0 SO 2 SB 0 AVG 0.2 OBP 0.2 SLG 0.4), Y. Diaz 3B (GP 1 AB 4 R 0 H 0 2B 0 3B 0 HR 0 RBI 0 TB 0 BB 1 SO 1 SB 0 AVG 0 OBP 0.2 SLG 0 OPS 0.2).

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Toronto‌ ‌Blue‌ ‌Jays‌

Toronto is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
Blue Jays are 6-12 SU in their last 18 games against Tampa Bay.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto’s last 8 games on the road.
Toronto is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay.
Blue Jays are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the American League.

Tampa‌ ‌Bay‌ ‌Rays‌

Tampa Bay is 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.
Rays are 17-3 SU in their last 20 games at home.
Rays are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games against an opponent in the American League East Division.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games played in July.