The Toronto Blue Jays (18-21) match up against the Tampa Bay Rays (25-13) a game after Ernie Clement had a five-hit showing in a 14-1 win over the Angels. The Blue Jays are favored (-137) in this matchup with the Rays (+117), which begins at 7:07 p.m. ET on Monday. Toronto’s Kevin Gausman and Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen will start this matchup.

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Blue Jays vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-137)
• Underdog: Rays (+117)
• Over/under: 7.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays are 14-10 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.3% of those games).
• Toronto has a 9-5 record (winning 64.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -137 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 57.8%.
• Toronto has played in 39 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 18 times (18-19-2).
• The Blue Jays have a 17-22-0 record ATS this season (covering 43.6% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has racked up a team-high batting average of .317.
• In MLB play, Guerrero ranks 192nd in home runs and 103rd in RBI.
• Clement has 13 doubles, two home runs and five walks while batting .299.
• Clement ranks 192nd in homers and 180th in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Kazuma Okamoto has a team-best 10 home runs and 25 runs batted in.
• Okamoto has safely hit in eight games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .316 with a double, five home runs, six walks and 12 RBIs.
• Daulton Varsho has seven doubles, four home runs and 12 walks while hitting .250.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB.
• Toronto’s 4.06 team ERA ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Blue Jays average baseball’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.297).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 38 home runs (1.0 per game), the ninth-fewest in MLB.
• In its 14-1 win last time out, Toronto struck out nine Angels batters while allowing 10 hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have won 10 out of the 18 games, or 55.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Tampa Bay has entered six games this season as the underdog by +117 or more and is 5-1 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Rays, based on the moneyline, is 46.1%.
• Games involving Tampa Bay have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 17 of 38 chances this season.
• The Rays are 23-15-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs this season with 10 while driving in 18 runs.
• Caminero’s home run total ranks 12th in the big leagues, and he is 84th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz’s batting average of .316 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Diaz is 66th among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 33rd in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay in runs batted in (29) this season. He has a .265 batting average and a .456 slugging percentage.
• Chandler Simpson has collected 45 hits this season and has an OBP of .333. He’s slugging .354 on the year.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.8) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.51 ERA this year, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined 1.164 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
• With 40 homers allowed, the Rays rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Tampa Bay suffered a 2-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Red Sox batters while allowing four hits.