DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>. The Yankees are +100 underdogs, with the game total set at O\/U 7.5 runs.<\/p>\nYankees vs. Blue Jays Preview<\/p>\n
New York Yankees<\/p>\n
Aaron Judge\u2019s looming return can\u2019t come soon enough for the Yankees. New York\u2019s offense has completely vaporized without the three-time MVP, along with Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton. Since June 25, the club has been saddled with an MLB-worst batting average, on-base percentage, wOBA, wRC+, and strikeout rate during that stretch. They\u2019ve managed only two runs through the first two games against the Blue Jays, wasting a pair of strong performances from Gerrit Cole and Cam Schlittler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pitching has remained a constant strength for the Yankees, who lead the majors with a 2.84 collective ERA since the All-Star break. But with how the offense has looked of late, they\u2019re asking a lot out of Sunday\u2019s starter, Ryan Weathers. The young southpaw, 26, has performed well enough in his first year in pinstripes, posting a respectable 3.69 ERA (4.26 xERA) and a 1.21 WHIP across 23 starts (126.2 IP). Still, his Achilles\u2019 heel has been the long ball; he\u2019s liable for the 10th-most home runs per nine innings (1.28) in baseball. Weathers has coughed up five or more earned runs and two homers in both of his turns against the Blue Jays this year.<\/p>\n
Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays aren\u2019t going to repeat as AL East champions \u2014 let alone win another pennant \u2014 but they\u2019re still very much in postseason contention. After Saturday\u2019s win, they hold the third Wild Card spot with 37 games to play.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s offense has been dreadful all season long, further hampered by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.\u2019s recent placement on the seven-day injured list with a concussion. But that hasn\u2019t stopped the Jays from piling up 18 hits through the first two games with the Yankees \u2014 with Alejandro Kirk supplying a home run, a double, and three RBIs in that span.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even with one of the weakest offenses in baseball, Toronto remains in playoff contention behind its stellar pitching staff, headlined by the tremendous Dylan Cease. The veteran right-hander, 30, is in a neck-and-neck race with Schlittler for the AL Cy Young Award, entering Sunday with a 2.40 ERA \u2014 fourth-lowest in MLB \u2014 and a 1.07 WHIP through 22 starts (131.1 IP) in 2026. Cease paces the AL in xERA (2.73) and strikeouts (191). And while he struggled in his lone start against the Yankees on May 19 \u2014 five earned runs over five innings \u2014 the All-Star will encounter a much thinner lineup in the rematch.<\/p>\n
Yankees vs. Blue Jays Pick, Best Bet<\/p>\n
A matchup between two of the weakest offenses in baseball could very well fall below the game total of 7.5 runs, as it has in the first two matchups of this series. But with the pitching matchup in mind, the scale tips toward the Blue Jays. Dylan Cease vs. the Yankees offense should resemble Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul, while Ryan Weathers is just inconsistent enough to warrant hesitation in any matchup. Count on Toronto to complete the sweep at Rogers Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best Bet: Toronto Blue Jays Moneyline (-120)<\/a><\/p>\nLean: Under 7.5 Runs (-120)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s loaded MLB slate features a pivotal matchup out of the American League East, as the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49189,148,3949,48829,48,1017],"class_list":["post-170193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-draftkings-sportsbook-insights","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports-betting-picks","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}