Sacramento Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 6/1/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+150) Toronto (-182)

Rogers Centre is the location where the Toronto Blue Jays (28-28) will take on the Sacramento Athletics (23-34) on Sunday. The line on this matchup has the Athletics at +150 and the Blue Jays are priced at -182. The total comes in at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are JP Sears and Kevin Gausman.

Sacramento has a slugging % of .413 and have been rung up 453 times, while taking a walk on 178 occasions. They have accounted for 226 runs batted in and 495 hits on the season, while their batting average sits at .253. The Athletics have accounted for 92 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 69 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 235 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .317. As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics are putting up 4.1 runs per game, which is 20th in the league.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.51. Athletics pitchers have given up 84 home runs in addition to 336 total runs (29th in baseball). Sacramento has given up 542 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 311 earned runs. The Athletics are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.52 on the year (29th in the league), and their staff has rung up 459 hitters. They have walked 222 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.91 as a unit on the season.

Athletics relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 69 times in addition to having 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 28 holds for the year (25th in MLB). The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 53.8% and stepped onto the hill in 54 save situations. They have recorded 14 saves for the season and have blown 12 out of their 26 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 96 base runners so far this year and 28.1% of those players crossed the plate. The Athletics have sent 195 relievers to the mound this season.

The Athletics have transformed 67.9% of balls in play into outs out of 4,566 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 24th in professional baseball. The New York Yankees are sitting with 1,522 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 419 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which puts them in 24th in baseball, and have 30 double plays.

Sears has taken the mound for 480 innings and has accumulated 392 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Sears (26-35 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.39 while he has faced 2,027 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.46 (238 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.254. He has surrendered 466 base hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 136 walks.

The Blue Jays have a SLG% of .381 and they are scoring 3.95 runs per game (23rd in the league). They have 93 two-baggers, while taking a walk 191 times as well as scoring 221 runs. Toronto has compiled 51 home runs on the campaign as well as 212 RBIs. They have struck out on 401 occasions (28th in baseball) and have a total of 466 base hits. The Toronto Blue Jays have compiled an on-base percentage of .321 and a team batting average of .248 on the season.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.188 with a FIP of 4.12 as a squad this year. They rank 11th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 434. The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 235 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.93 (218 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.20 (508 strikeouts vs 159 walks). They have yielded 76 homers and they surrender 4.24 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball).

Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 27 save chances and they have recorded 17 saves. They rank 17th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.0%, and they have dispatched 186 relievers to the hill so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 49 times in high leverage situations and on 58 occasions with runners on base. Toronto relievers have an inherited score percentage of 23.1% out of 78 inherited base runners. Sitting with 57 save situations, the Blue Jays have accumulated 30 holds in addition to 10 blown saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 36 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in the majors). The Blue Jays have recorded 429 assists, 26 errors and have earned a total of 1,499 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 4,497 innings on the field, the Blue Jays hold a efficiency on defense of 71.3% (6th in MLB).

Gausman (107-106 record in his career) has earned a 3.83 ERA while allowing 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.67 and he has gone up against 7,465 hitters in his career. He has conceded 760 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.248 and having a FIP of 3.8. Thus far in his career, Gausman has conceded 1,730 base knocks while earning 1,826 strikeouts in 1,784 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-182)

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