Blue Jays vs. Rays Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 20, 2026

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Two of MLB’s most productive sluggers square off when the Toronto Blue Jays (46-53) and the Tampa Bay Rays (56-42) play at 7:07 p.m. ET on Monday at Rogers Centre. Kazuma Okamoto has 22 homers (10th in the majors) for the favored Blue Jays (-145), and Junior Caminero ranks fourth in MLB play with 29 long balls this season for the Rays (+120). Toronto’s Dylan Cease starts against Tampa Bay’s Nick Martinez.

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Blue Jays to win vs Rays -145

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Blue Jays vs. Rays betting lines

  • Favorite: Blue Jays (-145)
  • Underdog: Rays (+120)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

  • The Blue Jays have compiled a 30-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 53.6% of those games).
  • Toronto has a record of 11-10 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -145 or shorter (52.4% winning percentage).
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Blue Jays have an implied win probability of 59.2%.
  • Toronto has played in 99 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 50 times (50-46-3).
  • The Blue Jays have covered 47.5% of their games this season, going 47-52-0 ATS.

Blue Jays hitting info

  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .262 with 15 doubles, six home runs and 43 walks.
  • Guerrero ranks 216th in homers and 104th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
  • Ernie Clement has a club-high .295 batting average.
  • Among all MLB hitters, Clement ranks 155th in homers and 169th in RBI.
  • Okamoto has put up a team-best 22 home runs and 62 runs batted in.
  • Daulton Varsho is batting .239 with 17 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 26 walks.
  • Varsho takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .176 with a double and a walk.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Blue Jays has a collective nine K/9, the seventh-best in MLB.
  • Toronto has a 4.14 team ERA that ranks 13th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Blue Jays average MLB’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.302).
  • Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 108 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (12th-fewest in the majors).
  • Toronto its 3-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out 12 White Sox batters while allowing six hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

  • The Rays have entered the game as underdogs 36 times this season and won 15, or 41.7%, of those games.
  • Tampa Bay is 5-3 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +120 or more on the moneyline.
  • The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 45.5% chance of a victory for the Rays.
  • Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 44 of its 98 games with a total this season.
  • The Rays are 55-43-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

  • Caminero is batting .280 this season with a team-high 29 home runs.
  • In all of Major League Baseball, Caminero is fourth in homers and 18th in RBI.
  • Caminero heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a home run, a walk and an RBI.
  • Yandy Diaz is batting .310 to lead Tampa Bay, while adding 13 homers and 56 runs batted in this season.
  • Diaz is 77th overall in home runs and 35th in RBI this year.
  • Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay in RBI with 64 while batting .290 with 14 home runs.
  • Chandler Simpson is batting .282 with an OBP of .316 and a slugging percentage of .346 this season.
  • Simpson has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with two doubles.

Rays pitching rankings

  • The Rays strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
  • Tampa Bay has pitched to a 3.90 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
  • Rays pitchers have a 1.185 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
  • The Rays have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 127 home runs allowed.
  • Tampa Bay suffered a 6-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Red Sox batters while allowing six hits.
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