Blue Jays Vs Tigers: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – July 29, 2022

The Toronto Blue Jays (55-44) meet the Detroit Tigers (40-60) a game after Matt Chapman homered twice in a 5-3 win over the Tigers. It starts at 7:07 PM ET on Friday. Toronto’s (-374 to win) Alek Manoah starts against Detroit’s (+296) Bryan Garcia.

The insights in what follows are based off odds valid as of July 29, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET.

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Blue Jays vs Tigers Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Blue Jays Probable Starter Alek Manoah

• Manoah (11-4 with a 2.24 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 120 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Blue Jays, his 20th of the season.
• In his last appearance on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox, the righty went 6 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering seven hits.
• The 24-year-old has a 2.24 ERA and 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 19 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .207 to opposing hitters.
• Manoah is looking to build upon a third-game quality start streak in this game.
• The opposing Tigers offense has a collective .229 batting average, and is 27th in the league with 751 total hits and last in MLB play with 323 runs scored. It has the worst slugging percentage (.336) and ranks last in home runs (61) in all of MLB.
• This season, the 24-year-old ranks fifth in ERA (2.24), seventh in WHIP (.970), and 38th in K/9 (8.2) among qualifying pitchers.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 29, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Tigers Stats vs Manoah

Tigers Probable Starter Bryan Garcia

• Garcia gets the nod for the Tigers and will make his first start of the season.
• The last time the 27-year-old righty pitched was on Saturday, Oct. 2, throwing zero innings out of the bullpen against the Chicago White Sox.
• He ended last season with a 7.55 ERA and a 1.856 WHIP in 39 games, finishing with a 3-2 record.
• The Blue Jays have scored 484 runs this season, which ranks third in MLB. They are batting .268 for the campaign with 129 home runs, fifth in the league.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 29, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Blue Jays Stats vs Garcia

Blue Jays Betting Trends

• The Blue Jays have gone 48-32 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60% of those games).
• Toronto has played as a moneyline favorite of -374 or shorter in just one game this season, which they lost.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 78.9%.
• Toronto has played in 99 games with over/under set, and has combined with opponents to go over the total 52 times (52-45-2).
• The Blue Jays have collected a 46-53-0 record against the spread this season (covering 46.5% of the time).

Tigers Betting Trends

• This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 80 times and won 31, or 38.8%, of those games.
• Detroit has played as an underdog of +296 or more once this season and won that game.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 25.3% chance of a victory for the Tigers.
• Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of their 100 games with a total this season.
• In 100 games with a spread this season, the Tigers are 47-53-0 ATS.

Blue Jays Players to Watch

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has accumulated 106 hits, a team-best for the Blue Jays. He’s hitting .281 with 19 doubles, 21 home runs and 39 walks.
• Among qualifying batters in MLB action, Guerrero’s batting average ranks 37th, his on-base percentage ranks 38th, and he is 19th in the league in slugging.
• Guerrero has safely hit in nine games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .395 with five doubles, a home run, two walks and six RBI.
• George Springer is batting .254 with 14 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 34 walks.
• Among qualifying batters, Springer ranks 78th in batting average, 71st in on-base percentage, and 36th in slugging.
• Alejandro Kirk has racked up an on-base percentage of .394, a team-high for the Blue Jays. He is batting .316 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
• Bo Bichette’s .421 slugging percentage paces his team. He has 23 doubles, 14 home runs and 27 walks while hitting .262.
• Bichette brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two doubles, two walks and an RBI.

Blue Jays Batting Stats (2022)

Tigers Players to Watch

• Javier Baez leads Detroit with 72 hits, batting .220 this season with 30 extra-base hits.
• Baez ranks 139th in batting average, 155th in on-base percentage and 128th in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters in the majors.
• Jonathan Schoop is slugging .317 while driving in 26 runs and batting .211 this season.
• Among all qualified hitters, Schoop ranks 147th in batting average, 157th in on-base percentage and 149th in slugging percentage.
• Jeimer Candelario has 57 hits this season and has a slash line of .212/.274/.372.
• Miguel Cabrera leads the Tigers with an OPS of .686. He has a slash line of .284/.333/.353 this season.

Tigers Batting Stats (2022)

Blue Jays vs Tigers Player Props

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