Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 8/9/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

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

The Toronto Blue Jays (68-48) are headed to Dodger Stadium on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers (66-49). The moneyline on this contest has the Blue Jays at -160 while the Dodgers are sitting at +132. The total comes in at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chris Bassitt and Blake Snell.

The Blue Jays have hit 212 doubles as a unit and have hit 133 baseballs out of the park. Toronto owns a slugging percentage of .428 and have been rung up 763 times, while being walked on 388 occasions. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which is 6th in the league. They have 552 runs batted in and 1,075 hits on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .270. They have earned a total of 576 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .340.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.96 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.25. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 156 home runs in addition to 521 runs in total (22nd in the league). Toronto has allowed 933 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 482 earned runs. The Blue Jays hold a team earned run average of 4.21 on the year (20th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,032 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 349 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.26 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 393 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 159 base runners on the campaign with 30.8% of those runners crossed the plate. They have earned 33 saves this year and have missed out on 18 of their 51 save chances. The Blue Jays bullpen have a save percentage of 64.7% and have entered the game in 123 save situations. The bullpen have racked up 70 holds on the season (10th in MLB). Blue Jays relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 112 times in addition to having 115 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Toronto Blue Jays have accounted for 3,089 putouts this year, in addition to 856 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which puts them in 24th in baseball, and they have turned 83 double plays. The Blue Jays have converted 70.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of 9,267 innings, which has them sitting at 12th in pro baseball.

Bassitt (83-61 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.59 and he has gone up against 5,230 opposing batters in the majors. He has conceded 1,146 base hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 390 free passes. His earned run average is 3.64 (501 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.242. Bassitt has taken the hill for 1,237 frames and has racked up 1,151 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

Los Angeles is sitting with 170 long balls so far this year as well as 572 RBIs. They have tallied 190 doubles, while getting a free base 411 times as well as scoring 593 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have accumulated an OBP of .329 as well as a batting average of .255 for the season. The Dodgers hold a team slugging percentage of .441 and they are recording 5.16 runs per contest (2nd in MLB). They have been rung up on 972 occasions (13th in baseball) and have a total of 997 hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 519 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.16 (473 earned runs given up). They have allowed 138 long balls and they concede 4.56 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league). The Dodgers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.309 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.19 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.90 (1,017 strikeouts against 396 walks). They are sitting at 19th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 945.

Los Angeles bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 26.2% out of their 168 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 121 times in high leverage situations and on 105 occasions with base runners. With 141 save situations, the Dodgers have amassed 85 holds and 17 blown saves. They are ranked 6th in baseball holding a save rate of 67.3%, and they have dispatched 415 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 52 save opportunities and they have tallied 35 saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 78 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (15th in pro baseball). The Dodgers have 978 assists, 56 errors and are sitting with 3,073 putouts so far this year. In their 9,219 innings played, the Dodgers hold a efficiency on defense of 69.6% (17th in pro baseball).

Snell (77-59 record in his career) holds a 3.19 earned run average while surrendering 6.9 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.74 and he has gone up against 4,603 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 394 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.223 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. In his pro baseball career, Snell has surrendered 855 hits while he has accumulated 1,380 strikeouts in 1,110 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-160)

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