Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 9/28/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+110) Toronto (-132)

The Toronto Blue Jays (91-68) host the Tampa Bay Rays (77-82) at Rogers Centre on Sunday. The odds on this game have the Rays at +110 while the Blue Jays are sitting at -132. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Ian Seymour and Kevin Gausman.

The Rays have compiled 241 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 179 balls out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .403 and have been called out on strikes 1,363 times, while taking a walk on 455 occasions. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which is 14th in baseball. They have tallied 673 RBI's and 1,352 hits this season, while their team batting average sits at .252. They are sitting with 707 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .313.

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The Rays have a team ERA of 3.87 on the year (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,389 batters. Rays pitchers have conceded 199 home runs and also 661 runs in total (10th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 464 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.14 as a squad this year. Tampa Bay has allowed 1,244 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 605 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.99 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.21.

The Rays relievers have a save rate of 54.7% and stepped onto the hill in 154 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 162 base runners this year with 31.5% of those players earned a run for their team. Rays bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 110 times as well as having 155 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 511 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have recorded 87 holds on the campaign (16th in MLB). They have recorded 35 saves on the campaign and have blown 29 of their 64 save chances.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 4,222 putouts on the year, as well as 1,393 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which has them ranked 15th in the majors, and have 145 double plays. The Rays have turned 70.6% of balls in play into outs in their 12,666 innings, which has them sitting at 7th in professional baseball.

Seymour (4-2 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 2.83 and he has faced 223 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 41 hits (6.9 hits per nine innings) and has 17 free passes. His ERA is 2.88 (17 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.090. Seymour has taken the ball for 53 innings and has tallied 57 K's during his career.

The Blue Jays hold a slugging percentage of .425 and they score 4.88 runs per game (6th in the league). They have recorded 287 doubles, while taking a walk 510 times as well as putting up 776 runs. Toronto has recorded 185 home runs over the course of the season and 749 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,072 instances (30th in the league) and have earned 1,432 base knocks. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied an on-base percentage of .333 and a team batting average of .265 for the season.

The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 714 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.22 (661 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 206 homers and they allow 4.55 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB). The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.272 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.28 as a staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (1,396 strikeouts against 504 free passes). They are currently ranked 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,291.

Sitting with 163 save situations, the Blue Jays have recorded 92 holds in addition to 23 blown saves. Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 64 save chances and they have recorded 41 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 154 times in high leverage situations in addition to 176 occasions with runners on. Toronto bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.0% of 250 inherited base runners. They sit at 12th in MLB holding a save rate of 64.1%, and they have sent 557 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 115 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (21st in MLB). The Blue Jays have recorded 1,246 assists, 85 errors and have a total of 4,233 putouts so far this season. Out of their 12,699 innings played, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (14th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Gausman has conceded 1,827 base knocks while he has totaled 1,949 K's in 1,907 innings. He has surrendered a total of 806 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.237 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.66 and he has gone up against 7,966 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. Gausman (112-113 career record) is the owner of a 3.80 ERA while giving up 8.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+110)

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