Blue Jays vs. Tigers Series Betting Preview May 24-26

Written by :

Don Shapiro

Published on :

24 May, 2024

Key takeaways:

Both teams are hovering a few games below the .500 mark.
In recent times, Toronto has won against Detroit in 70% of their games. That number has ticked upwards from 65%.
Detroit's bullpen makes betting the Under a tough call.

The Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers meet for the first time this weekend with their series having kicked off on Thursday May 23. Toronto took the first game of this series, 9-1.

Current Form Entering This Series

Neither team is impressive entering this weekend as both flirt with the .500 mark.

Counting Thursday's defeat in Game 1, Toronto is winning 50% of their games over the past few weeks. Thursday marked the second straight day in which the Blue Jays scored 9 runs. On May 11, the Blue Jays played a game in which they managed to score 10 runs. Overall, however, since April 23, Toronto has scored more than 4 runs eight times in 24 games.

Detroit has scored 3 or fewer runs in six of their last nine games. They have permitted six or more runs in their last five.

Tigers Bullpen Woes

The Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning against right-handed reliever Alex Faedo, taking a 6-1 lead. A walk, three hits and a sacrifice fly produced the three runs.

Recent Head to Head Trends

Counting Thursday's win, Toronto has beaten Detroit 70% of the time over their last ten meetings, up slightly from the 65% win rate over the past 20 meetings.

Before betting this series, understand that Toronto is 7-3 in the last ten games played in Detroit.

Six of the last ten meetings between these two teams have stayed Under 8 total runs scored.

Series Preview

The betting experts at BetUS preview the MLB game between Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers. They'll go over the latest MLB betting trends and best value baseball odds available for their betting predictions and will share their MLB expert predictions, picks and best bets.

Game By Game

Friday

A. Manoah - TOR
(1-1, 3.00)

M. Manning - DET
(0-1, 4.88)

Key takeaways:

Toronto Blue Jays career statistics vs. Matt Manning are just 9 for 46 at bats with 4 RBIs (.196).
Matt Manning was hit hard in a no-decision against the Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon, giving up four runs on 10 hits over his five innings of work.
In his prior start, Manning was tagged for nine hits against the Mets, but none of them wound up leaving the yard. He gave up 3 runs in 5 2/3 innings.

Saturday

Probable Pitchers

J. Berrios - TOR
(5-3, 2.98)

R. Olson - DET
(0-5, 2.16)

Sunday

Probable Pitchers

Y. Kikuchi - TOR
(2-4, 2.64)

C. Mize - DET
(1-3, 4.57)

Weather

Scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for Sunday afternoon so be sure to monitor closely.

By Don Shapiro

Don is the lead sports reporter for Gambling911.com AM hours in North America and has been writing for the site for well over a decade. He was born and raised in New Jersey.