Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction, 8/8/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026

Location: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (+120) Philadelphia (-144)

The Toronto Blue Jays (54-62) are en route to Citizens Bank Park on Saturday where they will take on the Philadelphia Phillies (62-54). The odds on this game have Toronto at +120 and Philadelphia is sitting at -144. The total comes in at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola.

The Blue Jays have hit 180 doubles as a team and have hit 110 balls out of the stadium. Toronto is slugging .376 and have been called out on strikes 838 times, while drawing a walk on 312 occasions. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are notching 3.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 30th in MLB. They have tallied 431 RBI's and 940 hits for the year, while their batting average sits at .241. They have a total of 451 runs and have an OBP of .302.

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The Blue Jays have compiled a team ERA of 4.04 this season (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,025 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have yielded 121 home runs and 512 runs in total (17th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 413 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a team so far this season. Toronto has given up 936 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 461 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.48 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.31.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 424 relievers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 180 base runners over the course of the season with 27.8% of those players ended up scoring. The bullpen are sitting with 75 holds this season (4th in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 125 times as well as having 139 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 36 saves on the campaign and have not converted 14 out of their 50 save opportunities. The Blue Jays relievers have a save percentage of 72.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 128 save situations.

The Toronto Blue Jays have 3,084 putouts on the year, in addition to 986 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which has them ranked 27th in professional baseball, and have 78 double plays. The Blue Jays have transformed 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,252 innings on the field, which ranks them 24th in MLB.

Scherzer has taken the mound for 2,993 frames and is sitting with 3,512 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.27 (1,086 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.090. He has surrendered 2,468 base knocks (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 794 walks. Scherzer (222-121 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.22 while he has faced 12,127 batters during his time in the major leagues.

Philadelphia has knocked in 145 home runs for the season as well as 496 runs batted in. They have notched 162 doubles, while taking a walk 346 times and recording 512 runs. The Philadelphia Phillies have compiled an on-base percentage of .307 and a batting average of .239 so far this season. The Phillies have a SLG% of .402 and they score 4.41 runs per contest (17th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,002 instances (7th in baseball) and have 925 base knocks.

The Phillies have a WHIP of 1.305 in addition to having a FIP of 3.82 as a staff on the campaign. They come in at 24th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 990. The Philadelphia pitching staff have allowed 510 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.19 (477 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 10.00 (1,133 strikeouts against 347 free passes). They have allowed 139 long balls and they surrender 4.48 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB).

They are ranked 11th in the league with a save percentage of 68.2%, and they have dispatched 388 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 102 times in high leverage situations in addition to 86 occasions with base runners. With 93 save situations, the Phillies have tallied 47 holds and 14 blown saves. Philadelphia has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 44 save opportunities and they have tallied 30 saves. Philadelphia relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.7% of 119 inherited base runners.

In their 9,222 innings played, the Phillies have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.4% (29th in the majors). The Philadelphia Phillies have turned 68 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (16th in the majors). The Phillies have accrued 949 assists, 60 errors and have notched a total of 3,074 putouts for the season.

During his pro baseball career, Nola has surrendered 1,654 base knocks while he has earned 1,997 strikeouts in 1,835 innings. He has conceded a total of 804 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.168 and a FIP of 3.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.08 and he has faced 7,561 hitters in his pro baseball career. Nola (112-98 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.94 earned run average while allowing 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Philadelphia (-144) and under 9 runs

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