Tigers vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 17, 2025

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Booksmakers give the Detroit Tigers (30-15) the edge (-138 on the moneyline) to add on to their four-game win streak when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays (21-23), at +118, on Saturday at 3:07 p.m. ET. Detroit’s Reese Olson and Toronto’s Jose Urena pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Tigers to win vs Blue Jays -138

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Tigers vs. Blue Jays betting lines

  • Favorite: Tigers (-138)
  • Underdog: Blue Jays (+118)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

  • The Tigers are 21-6 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 77.8% of those games).
  • When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -138 or shorter, Detroit has a record of 18-3 (85.7%).
  • The Tigers have an implied moneyline win probability of 58% in this game.
  • Detroit has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 45 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 23 of those games (23-18-4).
  • The Tigers have a 26-19-0 record ATS this season (covering 57.8% of the time).

Tigers hitting info

  • Spencer Torkelson paces the Tigers in home runs (11) and runs batted in (34).
  • Torkelson ranks 10th in home runs and sixth in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
  • Riley Greene’s 11 home runs pace his team.
  • Greene ranks 10th in home runs and 18th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
  • Greene has safely hit in six straight games. During his last 10 games he is hitting .289 with three doubles, three home runs, five walks and nine RBIs.
  • Kerry Carpenter paces the Tigers with a team-best batting average of .298.
  • Carpenter has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a double and three walks.
  • Gleyber Torres is hitting .294 with five doubles, five home runs and 12 walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.9 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
  • Detroit has a 3.26 team ERA that ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.165).
  • The Tigers allow the 18th-fewest home runs in baseball (51 total, 1.1 per game).
  • Detroit defeated the Blue Jays 5-4 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing 10 hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

  • This season, the Blue Jays have been the underdog 26 times and won 12, or 46.2%, of those games.
  • Toronto has a record of 4-2 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +118 on the moneyline.
  • The Blue Jays have a 45.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • Games involving Toronto have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 22 of 43 chances this season.
  • The Blue Jays are 27-16-0 ATS in their 43 games with a spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .293 with five home runs and 20 RBI for Toronto this season.
  • Among all batters in MLB, Guerrero’s home run total is 100th, and his RBI total is 90th.
  • Guerrero heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
  • Bo Bichette leads Toronto in batting average (.294) and runs batted in (22) this season while also slugging four homers.
  • Bichette ranks 139th among hitters in MLB in homers, and 67th in RBI.
  • Bichette takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with three doubles, two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
  • George Springer has collected 36 base hits, an OBP of .380 and a slugging percentage of .474 this season.
  • Alejandro Kirk has collected 36 hits this season and has an OBP of .299. He’s slugging .374 on the year.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

  • The Blue Jays have a 9.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
  • Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.43 ERA this year, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
  • The Blue Jays rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.256 WHIP this season.
  • With 67 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Toronto pitchers struck out 10 Tigers hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 5-4 loss its last time out.
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