Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/13/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+102) Toronto (-122)

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (69-50) will compete against the Chicago Cubs (67-50) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Chicago at +102 and Toronto opens at -122. The total is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Cade Horton and Kevin Gausman.

The Cubs have hit 196 doubles as a team and have hit 167 baseballs out of the park. Chicago has a slugging rate of .438 and have been called out on strikes 909 times, while being walked on 392 occasions. As a squad, the Chicago Cubs are scoring 5.1 runs per game, which is 2nd in the league. They have recorded 583 runs batted in as well as 1,020 base knocks for the year, while their batting average comes in at .254. They have earned 599 runs and have an OBP of .322.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.95 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.21. Cubs pitchers have conceded 146 home runs and also 482 runs (8th in baseball). Chicago has relinquished 961 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 448 earned runs. The Cubs have a team earned run average of 3.88 so far this year (13th in the league), and the staff has struck out 888 hitters. They have walked 301 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.20 as a team for the year.

Cubs pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 80 times and also have had 110 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 75 holds so far this season (9th in MLB). The Cubs bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 66.7% and have stepped onto the mound in 117 save situations. They have compiled 26 saves so far this season and have blown 13 of 39 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 111 runners on the season and 30.6% of them crossed the plate. The Cubs have sent 385 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 3,119 putouts so far this season, in addition to 975 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them sitting 6th in MLB, and have a total of 91 double plays. The Cubs have converted 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,357 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 3rd in MLB.

Horton has pitched in 79 innings and has 59 K's so far in his MLB career. Horton (6-3 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.14 while facing 327 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.19 (28 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.226. He has conceded 72 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 25 walks.

Toronto has hit 137 home runs this season and 559 runs batted in. They have recorded 218 doubles, while walking 398 times as well as racking up 583 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied an on-base percentage of .339 and a batting average of .269 so far this season. The Blue Jays have a team slugging % of .428 and they average 4.90 runs per contest (7th in MLB). They have struck out on 798 instances (30th in baseball) and have tallied 1,099 base knocks.

The Blue Jays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 and have a FIP of 4.32 as a unit over the course of the season. They are sitting at 14th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 960. The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 539 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.27 (500 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.00 (1,057 strikeouts against 373 free passes). They have relinquished 161 homers and they allow 4.60 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball).

Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of their 176 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 118 times in high leverage situations and also on 120 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 126 save situations, the Blue Jays have accrued 71 holds in addition to 19 blown saves. They rank 14th in MLB holding a save percentage of 64.2%, and they have dispatched 407 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year. Toronto has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 53 save opportunities and they have come away with 34 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 85 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in professional baseball). The Blue Jays have racked up 876 assists, 65 errors and have accounted for 3,164 putouts for the year. In their 9,492 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (13th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Gausman has surrendered 1,787 base knocks and he has 1,900 punch outs in 1,853 frames. Gausman (110-110 career mark) has a 3.84 ERA while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 791 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.247 and a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.63 and he has gone up against 7,760 hitters in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto (-122) and under 9 runs

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