Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 9/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+172) Toronto (-210)

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (90-68) will play the Tampa Bay Rays (77-81) on Saturday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at +172 and Toronto is coming in at -210. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Joe Boyle and Trey Yesavage.

As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 15th in MLB. They have 702 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .313. The Rays have tallied 239 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 179 baseballs out of the park. They have amassed 668 RBI's and 1,337 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average sits at .251. Tampa Bay is slugging .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,354 times, while taking a walk on 453 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.99 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.21. Rays pitchers have allowed 196 home runs and also 655 total runs (10th in MLB). Tampa Bay has yielded 1,235 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) and 599 earned runs. The Rays have an ERA of 3.85 so far this season (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,376 batters. They have walked 460 batters and their FIP sits at 4.12 as a unit on the year.

Rays pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 109 times and also have had 154 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 87 holds on the season (16th in baseball). The Rays bullpen have recorded a save rate of 55.6% and stepped onto the hill in 153 save situations. They have 35 saves so far this year and have blown 28 of 63 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 161 runners over the course of the season and 31.1% of those players ended up scoring. The Rays have sent 509 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 4,198 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,389 assists and 79 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 15th in MLB, and have 145 double plays. The Rays have turned 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,594 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 7th in MLB.

Boyle has taken the hill for 110 innings and has racked up 124 K's so far in his MLB career. Boyle (6-9 career record) holds a FIP of 4.83 and he has gone up against 491 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.90 (60 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.434. He has allowed 88 hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 70 free passes.

Toronto has compiled 183 home runs so far this year and 743 RBIs. They have 286 doubles, while getting a free base 506 times as well as scoring 770 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have an OBP of .333 and a batting average of .265 for the year. The Blue Jays hold a slugging % of .424 and they average 4.87 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,067 occasions (29th in the league) and have a total of 1,425 base hits.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.276 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They sit at 14th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,287. The Toronto pitching staff have given up 713 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 4.24 (660 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (1,388 strikeouts vs 502 walks). They have conceded 206 dingers and they relinquish 4.58 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball).

Sitting with 163 save situations, the Blue Jays have accrued 92 holds and also 23 blown saves. Toronto has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 64 save chances and they have walked away with 41 saves. Their relievers have come in 154 times in high leverage situations and on 174 occasions with runners on. Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 248 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.1%, and they have dispatched 551 relievers to the mound for the year.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 113 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (21st in pro baseball). The Blue Jays have recorded 1,240 assists, 85 errors and have earned 4,206 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 12,618 innings on the field, the Blue Jays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (15th in baseball).

Yesavage (0-0 career mark) has earned a 5.00 earned run average while giving up 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.20 and he has gone up against 40 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 5 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.444 and a FIP of 4.9. Thus far in his career, Yesavage has surrendered 8 hits while accumulating 11 punch outs in 9 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+172)

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