Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/12/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+132) Toronto (-160)

The Chicago Cubs (67-50) are traveling to Rogers Centre on Tuesday where they will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (69-50). The odds on this game have Chicago at +132 while Toronto is priced at -160. The over/under comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Ben Brown and Jose Berrios.

Chicago has a slugging rate of .438 and have struck out 909 times, while drawing a walk on 392 occasions. They have compiled 583 runs batted in and 1,020 hits on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .254. The Cubs have accrued 196 doubles as a squad and have smacked 167 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 599 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .322. As a unit, the Chicago Cubs are scoring 5.1 runs per contest, which has them at 2nd in baseball.

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The Cubs are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.88 this season (13th in the league), and the staff has rung up 888 batters. Cubs pitchers have relinquished 146 home runs in addition to 482 runs in total (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 301 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.20 as a team on the year. Chicago has relinquished 961 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 448 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.95 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.21.

The Cubs relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.7% and have stepped onto the mound in 117 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 111 base runners for the season and 30.6% of those players earned a run for their team. Cubs pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 80 times as well as having 110 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cubs have dispatched 385 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The bullpen have 75 holds for the season (9th in the league). They have accumulated 26 saves so far this season and have blown 13 out of their 39 save opportunities.

The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 3,119 putouts thus far, as well as 975 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which is 6th in baseball, and have accumulated 91 double plays. The Cubs have converted 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,357 innings on the field, which has them ranked 3rd in MLB.

Brown (6-10 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 5.06 and he has gone up against 632 batters in the majors. He has allowed 147 base knocks (9.0 hits per 9 innings) with 46 walks. His ERA is 5.14 (84 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.311. Brown has taken the hill for 147 innings and has tallied 168 K's during his career.

Toronto has accounted for 137 HRs this season and 559 RBIs. They have put up 218 doubles, while taking a walk 398 times as well as scoring 583 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have an OBP of .339 in addition to a team batting average of .269 this season. The Blue Jays have a slugging percentage of .428 and they earn 4.90 runs per outing (7th in MLB). They have struck out on 798 occasions (30th in the league) and are sitting with 1,099 hits.

The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 539 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.27 (500 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 161 home runs and they concede 4.60 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball). The Blue Jays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 and have a FIP of 4.32 as a unit for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.00 (1,057 strikeouts against 373 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 14th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 960.

Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of 176 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 118 times in high leverage situations and on 120 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 126 save situations, the Blue Jays have 71 holds and 19 blown saves. They rank 14th in baseball holding a save rate of 64.2%, and they have sent 407 relievers onto the diamond on the season. Toronto has called on relievers to enter the game in 53 save opportunities and they have converted 34 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 85 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in MLB). The Blue Jays have racked up 876 assists, 65 errors and have earned a total of 3,164 putouts for the season. In 9,492 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (13th in the majors).

So far in his career, Berrios has given up 1,442 hits while he has totaled 1,459 K's in 1,541 innings. He has conceded a total of 695 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.235 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.16 and he has gone up against 6,477 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Berrios (107-81 record in his career) has earned a 4.06 ERA while allowing 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto (-160) and under 9 runs

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