Blue Jays vs. Pirates Odds & Betting Predictions - May 7, 2023

Blue Jays at Pirates

5:35 pm • SportsNet PT

Toronto Blue Jays

29-30

10 - 1

Pittsburgh Pirates

31-28

pitcher		team	era	w-l
R.Contreras			6.59	3-7
Y.Kikuchi			3.87	11-6

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Blue Jays 29-30	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pirates 31-28	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sunday 5:35 p.m.

May 07, 2023

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PIT +123

B.Bichette o1.5 Total Bases-115

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PIT +110 (F5)

0.5u

Bet to +104

PIT +110

PIT o3.5-150

PIT o4.5+110

PIT +120

0.5u

Bet to +114

Over 4.5 (F5)-120

0.42u

Pirates have been hitting lefties and Jays are a bad matchup for Roansy

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The Pirates are just 12-37 (.245) when allowing 2 or more home runs since last season -- 10th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .294.

The Blue Jays are just 3-7 (.300) when their opponents score in the first inning this season -- 10th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .401.

The Blue Jays are 36-40 (.474) vs the top 10 runs allowed teams since last season -- 6th best in MLB; League Avg: .404.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. batted .391 on the road over the last 30 days -- second best in MLB-- 98th Percentile. Opponents batted .302 (19-for-63) against Rich Hill at home over the last 30 days -- tied for ninth worst among qualified SPs-- 12th Percentile.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit 13 home runs on breaking pitches last season -- tied for 10th most in MLB-- 97th Percentile. Rich Hill threw his curveball 47% of the time last season -- highest among starting pitchers with at least 64 total CB-- 100th Percentile.

Roansy Contreras has not struck out any hitters in 28 PA's in PAs ending on elevated fastballs this season -- lowest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 26% -- first Percentile.

Roansy Contreras walked 4 of 18 right-handed batters (22%) -- highest in MLB over the last week; League Avg: 7% -- first Percentile.

Yusei Kikuchi has allowed a slugging percentage of .773 (163 Total Bases / 211 ABs) in non-two strike counts since last season -- highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 77 total IP; League Avg: .554 -- 0 Percentile.

Yusei Kikuchi has allowed an average Exit Velocity of 87.9 MPH on pitches out of the zone since last season (75 balls in play) -- highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 77 total IP; League Avg: 80.6

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MLB Public Betting

Pirates are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Pirates are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Pirates are 15-12 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 5 of Pirates' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 21 of Pirates' 32 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Pirates	30-29	15-17	15-12	17-17	12-12
Blue Jays	28-31	15-15	13-16	16-19	11-12

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Pirates	32-25-2	21-11	11-14-2	22-12	9-13-2
Blue Jays	27-29-3	15-14-1	12-15-2	17-16-2	9-13-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Pirates	31-28	17-15	14-13	20-14	10-14
Blue Jays	29-30	17-13	12-17	19-16	9-14

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 6th	TOR	L 2-8	-	-	-
May 5th	TOR	L 0-4	-	-	-
May 4th	@TB	L 2-3	-	-	-
May 3rd	@TB	L 1-8	-	-	-
May 2nd	@TB	L 1-4	-	-	-

Jose Berrios
SP
Berrios is out with elbow
Out
Anthony Santander
RF
Santander is out with shoulder
Out
Shane Bieber
SP
Bieber is out with elbow
Out
Bowden Francis
SP
Francis is out with shoulder
Out
Addison Barger
RF
Addison Barger (elbow) scratched Sunday.
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LY.Kikuchi, P	93	6.1	3	0
RY.Garcia, P	26	1	1	1
RJ.Romano, P	8	0.2	1	0
RN.Pearson, P	17	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1G.Springer, RF	1-5	0	0	0
1N.Lukes, RF	0-0	0	0	0
2B.Bichette, DH	2-5	2	0	0
3D.Varsho, LF	2-5	1	1	2
4M.Chapman, 3B	1-4	2	0	0
5B. Belt, 1B	3-4	2	0	0
6W.Merrifield, 2B	2-5	1	1	4
7D.Jansen, C	2-5	1	0	2
8K.Kiermaier, CF	2-5	1	1	2
9S.Espinal, SS	0-4	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RR.Contreras, P	94	5	4	5
RD.Moreta, P	11	1	1	0
LJ.Hernandez, P	15	1	2	0
RC. De Jong, P	50	2	1	5

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1K.Hayes, 3B	2-4	1	0
2B.Reynolds, DH	0-5	0	0
3C.Joe, LF	1-4	0	0
4C.Santana, 1B	1-3	0	1
5R.Castro, SS	0-3	0	0
5A.McCutchen, PH	0-0	0	0
5T.Marcano, SS	0-0	0	0
6J.Suwinski, CF	0-4	0	0
7M.Andujar, RF	1-4	0	0
8M. Mathias, 2B	1-2	0	0
8J.Bae, PH	0-2	0	0
8J.Bae, 2B	0-2	0	0
9J.Delay, C	2-4	0	0