Sacramento Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 3/29/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, March 29, 2026

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

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

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (94-68 last season) will play the Sacramento Athletics (76-86 last year) on Sunday. The odds on this game have Sacramento at +132 while Toronto is priced at -160. The over/under is 8. The expected starting pitchers are Luis Morales and Eric Lauer.

The Athletics accumulated 296 doubles as a squad and hit 219 balls out of the stadium. Sacramento had a slugging percentage of .431 and struck out 1,406 times, while being walked on 502 occasions. As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics notched 4.5 runs per game, which had them sitting at 12th in MLB. They tallied 709 RBI's and 1,403 hits in the prior season, while their team batting average finished at .253. They accumulated 733 runs and held an OBP of .318.

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The Athletics held a team ERA of 4.70 over the course of the prior season (27th in baseball), and the staff rung up 1,323 hitters. Athletics pitchers yielded 222 home runs and also 817 total runs (27th in the league). Their pitching staff walked 570 opposing hitters and their FIP was 4.66 as a unit in the previous season. Sacramento conceded 1,387 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 750 earned runs. They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.32 and their pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.36.

The Athletics bullpen recorded a save rate of 63.6% and stepped onto the mound in 122 save situations. The relievers inherited 237 base runners last year with 27.4% of those players ended up scoring. Athletics relief pitchers entered the game with runners on base 161 times as well as having 140 contests in high leverage situations. The Athletics had dispatched 511 relievers to the mound over the course of the prior season. The relief pitchers racked up 67 holds last year (29th in baseball). They recorded 35 saves over the course of last season and blew 20 out of their 55 chances to get a save.

The Athletics turned 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,939 innings, which had them ranked 16th in professional baseball. The New York Yankees notched a total of 4,313 putouts during the previous year, as well as 1,211 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .984 which ranked 24th in pro baseball, and accumulated 109 double plays.

Morales has pitched in 48 frames and has accounted for 43 K's in his career. His earned run average is 3.17 (17 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.162. He has surrendered 38 base knocks (7.1 hits per nine innings) and has 18 walks. Morales (4-3 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.13 while he has gone up against 199 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Toronto Blue Jays tallied an on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a batting average of .265 during the previous year. They were called out on strikes on 1,099 occasions (29th in baseball) and were sitting with 1,461 hits. Toronto had a total of 191 home runs for the previous season in addition to 771 RBIs. The Blue Jays had a team slugging percentage of .427 and they averaged 4.93 runs per game (4th in baseball). They hit 294 two-baggers, while walking 520 times as well as scoring 798 runs.

The Blue Jays had a team WHIP of 1.273 and had a FIP of 4.27 as a unit for the previous season. They had a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (1,430 strikeouts vs 517 bases on balls). They finished at 14th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,313. They yielded 209 dingers and they relinquished 4.51 runs per 9 innings (19th in the league). The Toronto pitching staff surrendered 721 runs for the prior year while having an ERA of 4.18 (668 earned runs allowed).

Toronto relievers had an inherited score percentage of 27.6% out of 254 inherited base runners. Their relievers took the field 156 times in high leverage situations and also on 178 occasions with base runners. Wrapping up the year with 168 save situations, the Blue Jays earned 96 holds and also 23 blown saves. They were ranked 13th in the league with a save rate of 64.6%, and they sent 570 relief pitchers to the mound last year. Toronto called on relievers to step onto the hill in 65 save chances and they walked away with 42 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays turned 118 double plays and had a fielding rate of .985 (18th in professional baseball). The Blue Jays recorded 1,272 assists, 86 errors and a tally of 4,314 putouts for the previous season. In their 12,942 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays had a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (14th in pro baseball).

Lauer (45-39 career win-loss record) has a 4.14 ERA and has given up 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.61 and he has faced 3,003 batters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 322 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.329 and a FIP of 4.1. In his MLB career, Lauer has surrendered 675 hits while tallying 669 strikeouts in 700 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto (-160) and under 8 runs

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