Toronto Blue Jays vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 9/7/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Monday, September 7, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-182) Sacramento (+150)

The Sacramento Athletics (57-86) will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (72-71) at Sutter Health Park on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Blue Jays at -182 and the Athletics are at +150. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Dylan Cease and Jacob Lopez.

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The Blue Jays have tallied 231 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 134 baseballs out of the stadium. Toronto owns a slugging percentage of .382 and have been rung up 1,029 times, while drawing a walk on 399 occasions. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 4.1 runs per outing, which ranks them 28th in MLB. They have accounted for 551 runs batted in and 1,195 hits for the year, and their team batting average comes in at .248. They have earned a total of 579 runs while having a team OBP of .309.

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The Blue Jays hold a team ERA of 3.90 this year (9th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,239 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have given up 147 home runs and 612 total runs (11th in MLB). They have walked 521 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.97 as a squad for the year. Toronto has allowed 1,129 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 552 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.38 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.30.

The Blue Jays have sent 531 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 217 base runners on the season with 27.2% of them earned a run for their team. The relievers have a total of 93 holds over the course of the season (5th in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 152 times and also have had 179 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 49 saves on the year and have missed out on 15 of 64 chances to get a save. The Blue Jays relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 76.6% and stepped onto the hill in 162 save situations.

The Blue Jays have converted 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,451 innings, which has them ranked 13th in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have a total of 3,817 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,204 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 22nd in the majors, and have accumulated 98 double plays.

Cease (75-63 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 3.61 while he has gone up against 4,926 hitters in the majors. He has given up 951 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 495 walks. His ERA is 3.67 (477 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.235. Cease has taken the ball for 1,171 innings and has accounted for 1,452 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The Sacramento Athletics have tallied an on-base percentage of .321 and a batting average of .248 on the year. They have struck out on 1,225 occasions (10th in MLB) and have tallied 1,205 base hits. Sacramento has recorded 174 home runs on the season to go along with 605 runs batted in. The Athletics hold a team SLG% of .407 and they score 4.41 runs per game (18th in baseball). They have recorded 222 doubles, while walking 471 times as well as putting up 631 runs.

The Athletics are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.497 with a FIP of 4.88 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.60 (1,207 strikeouts against 569 bases on balls). They rank 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,325. They have conceded 212 home runs and they relinquish 5.81 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 817 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 5.42 (762 earned runs yielded).

Sacramento relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.9% out of their 235 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 135 times in high leverage situations in addition to 157 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 145 save situations, the Athletics have compiled 80 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. They are currently ranked 23rd in the league holding a save percentage of 58.1%, and they have dispatched 486 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 102 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in professional baseball). The Athletics have accrued 1,080 assists, 69 errors and have a total of 3,795 putouts over the course of the season. In 11,385 innings on the diamond, the Athletics are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.8% (29th in pro baseball).

During his career, Lopez has conceded 201 hits while totaling 232 punch outs in 220 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 109 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.358 and having a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.37 and he has gone up against 965 hitters thus far in his career. Lopez (14-11 career record) has a 4.46 earned run average while conceding 8.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-182)

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