New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 5/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+115) Toronto (-135)

The Toronto Blue Jays (15-8) will go up against the New York Yankees (16-6) at Rogers Centre on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Yankees at +115 and the Blue Jays are sitting at -135. The over/under has been set at 8. The men taking the mound will be Jameson Taillon and Alek Manoah.

The Yankees have hit 33 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 31 balls out of the park. New York is slugging .425 and have struck out 186 times, while drawing a walk on 78 occasions. As a team, the New York Yankees are compiling 4.8 runs per outing, which has them at 3rd in MLB. They have recorded 99 RBI's and 181 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is at .249. They have accounted for 106 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .327.

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Yankees pitchers have surrendered 15 home runs in addition to 65 total runs (2nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 70 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.21 as a team this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.96 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17. The Yankees hold a team earned run average of 2.72 so far this season (2nd in MLB), and they have rung up 207 batters.

The Yankees have dispatched 85 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 48 runners on the campaign with 20.8% of them crossed home plate. They have recorded 9 saves on the campaign and have blown 3 of 12 chances to get a save. The Yankees relievers have earned a save percentage of 75.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 36 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 23 holds this year (1st in baseball). Yankees relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 30 times and also have had 34 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Yankees have accounted for 596 putouts this season, in addition to 212 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .993 which has them sitting 1st in professional baseball, and have accumulated 13 double plays. The Yankees have converted 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,788 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 12th in MLB.

Taillon (38-31 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.76 while he has gone up against 2,632 batters during his time in the majors. He has given up 616 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 163 free passes. His earned run average is 3.80 (266 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.237. Taillon has thrown 629 frames and has accumulated 576 strikeouts so far in his MLB career.

Toronto has accumulated 31 home runs so far this season as well as 91 runs batted in. They have recorded 34 two-baggers, while getting a free base 58 times and racking up 92 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied a team on-base percentage of .304 as well as a team batting average of .243 so far this year. The Blue Jays hold a slugging % of .410 and they are recording 4.00 runs per contest (17th in MLB). They have struck out on 191 occasions (15th in baseball) and have earned a total of 186 hits.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.209 and have a FIP of 3.40 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.28 (197 strikeouts against 60 bases on balls). They sit at 27th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 188. They have given up 20 homers and they yield 3.99 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 91 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.69 (84 earned runs given up).

Sitting with 37 save situations, the Blue Jays have amassed 19 holds and 5 blown saves. Toronto has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 17 save chances and they have come away with 12 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 39 times in high leverage situations and on 21 occasions with runners on base. Toronto relievers have an inherited score percentage of 31.3% of 32 inherited runners. They are ranked 16th in MLB holding a save percentage of 70.6%, and they have dispatched 90 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year.

In their 1,848 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.4% (20th in the majors). The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 15 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in MLB). The Blue Jays have accrued 192 assists, 11 errors and have earned 616 putouts during this campaign.

In his pro baseball career, Manoah has allowed 92 base knocks while earning 152 punch outs in 136 innings pitched. Manoah (13-2 career mark) has earned a 2.90 ERA while allowing 6.1 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 44 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.017 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.23 and he has faced 556 batters so far in his MLB career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (+115)

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