{"id":120478,"date":"2026-09-15T19:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=120478"},"modified":"2026-09-15T19:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:41:58","slug":"mlb-picks-blue-jays-look-to-bounce-back-against-surging-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/baseball\/mlb\/mlb-picks-blue-jays-look-to-bounce-back-against-surging-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks: Blue Jays Look to Bounce Back Against Surging Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[779],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"acf":{"brief_description":"Toronto\u2019s wild-card push intensifies with 11 games left, while Braves-Cubs and Dodgers-Reds highlight Tuesday\u2019s MLB betting slate","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":117471,"main_image_description":"Tuesday MLB betting picks from Betway","authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>Toronto Blue Jays bettors are still processing last night\u2019s 6-5 home loss to the Detroit Tigers. Starting pitcher Jose Soriano cruised through six innings with a no-hitter, then the Tigers rallied for four runs, followed by a three-run homer by the Jays&#8217; Kazuma Okamoto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The normally reliable Louis Varland then came on, gave up an RBI single in the eighth inning, and then an error on a good throw by first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the ninth, which the Tigers capitalized on to win the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Fortunately, the Chicago White Sox did the Blue Jays a solid, beating the Cleveland Guardians 7-3, meaning the Jays still sit one game behind Cleveland in the American League wild-card standings, with just 11 games left in the season for Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Tonight, Toronto has to go back to the bullpen, starting Braydon Fisher (3-4, 3.22 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 72 strikeouts), while the Tigers are doing the same thing, countering with relief pitcher Drew Anderson (4-6, 3.80 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 105 strikeouts).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Game time is 7:07 p.m. EST, at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Tigers are on a five-game winning streak. The Blue Jays, now 75-76 overall, are 39-37 at home. And the Jays&#8217; hitters are batting a collective .249, the eighth-best team batting average in MLB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Detroit owns a road record of 32-43.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Okamoto is 13 for 37 with five home runs and 10 RBIs over Toronto&#8217;s last 10 games, while Riley Greene is 18 for 40 with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, and 15 RBIs over the Tigers&#8217; last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/grp\/baseball\/usa\/mlb\"><u>MLB betting<\/u><\/a> at Betway, the Blue Jays are moneyline favourites at -140, while the Tigers are +120. The runline is Toronto -1.5 (+135), with the Tigers +1.5 (-180). The total is 8.5 (over is -105, under is -115).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I see a bounce-back game from the Blue Jays tonight, after last night\u2019s collapse. I am taking the Jays moneyline \u2013 my best bet. They\u2019re 5-5, with a .287 batting average and a 3.72 ERA, and they&#8217;ve outscored their opponents by nine runs in their past 10 games, playing like a team well-schooled in pressure games with big playoff implications. Anderson has given up 16 walks and five homers over 33 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Start with the over 8.5 (-105). That\u2019s where I am also leaning. The Tigers have scored at least six runs in each of their last five games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Toronto has gone over in four straight games \u2013 I was at the game against the Orioles Sunday when they hit three home runs in a row. Combine that with the bullpen openers, and you have another game that clears 8.5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I really like Okamoto 1.5+ hits\/runs\/RBIs (+105), judging by how well he\u2019s been hitting lately. He had one of the three in that Sunday game, and smoked another one last night, for 33 on the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">He\u2019s been better against right-handers this year and sits in a productive spot in the lineup. He continues to produce in a key wild-card game tonight. That\u2019s how I see it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Other MLB games for bettors to watch tonight include Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs, with Martin Perez (3.08 ERA) facing former Blue Jay Kevin Gausman (4.60 ERA). Gausman\u2019s ability to work deep into the game is a prop worth examining. Betway has the Cubs at -140 on the moneyline and the Braves at +120.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The cleanest pitching mismatch of the night might be Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8, 2.62 ERA) against Reds starter Rhett Lowder (6-10, 5.81 ERA). The Dodgers have beaten the Reds four times this month, and they clinched a playoff berth yesterday. L.A. is -236 on the moneyline, and the Reds are +200.<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120479,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120478\/revisions\/120479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}