The Toronto Blue Jays (46-56) and the Tampa Bay Rays (59-42) take the field on Thursday at Rogers Centre, beginning at 3:07 p.m. ET. The Blue Jays are favored on the moneyline (-112), while the Rays are -109 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +156 odds. Shane Bieber starts for Toronto, and Ian Seymour is Tampa Bay’s choice to start.

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Blue Jays vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-112)
• Underdog: Rays (-109)
• Over/under: 8.5

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have been the moneyline favorite 57 total times this season. They’ve finished 30-27 in those games.
• Toronto has gone 30-27 (winning 52.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -112 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Blue Jays a 52.8% chance to win.
• Toronto has played in 102 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 52 times (52-47-3).
• The Blue Jays have put together a 47-55-0 record ATS this season (covering 46.1% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Ernie Clement leads the Blue Jays with a .297 batting average.
• Clement ranks 164th in homers and 179th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .256 with 16 doubles, six home runs and 43 walks.
• Guerrero currently ranks 221st in home runs and 112th in RBI in the majors.
• Kazuma Okamoto paces the Blue Jays in home runs (22) and runs batted in (62).
• Daulton Varsho is hitting .237 with 17 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 26 walks.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
• Toronto has a 4.19 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.320).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (113 total, 1.1 per game).
• Toronto fell to the Rays 4-2 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have been the underdog 37 times and won 16, or 43.2%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay has entered 35 games this season as the underdog by -109 or more and is 16-19 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 52.2% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Games involving Tampa Bay have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 46 of 101 chances this season.
• The Rays are 58-43-0 against the spread in their 101 chances this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero is batting .290 this season with a team-high 29 home runs.
• Caminero’s home run total ranks fifth in MLB, and he is 17th in RBI.
• Caminero enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .405 with four doubles, two home runs, eight walks and five RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz’s batting average of .308 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Diaz is 74th in homers and 24th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Jonathan Aranda is among the top hitters for Tampa Bay with a .286 average, 14 homers and 65 RBI.
• Chandler Simpson has collected 102 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .353 on the year.
• Simpson heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .556 with two doubles, two walks and two RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay has pitched to a 3.84 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.175 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
• The Rays have allowed the 23rd-fewest home runs this season with 128, or 1.3 per game.
• Tampa Bay pitchers struck out eight Blue Jays batters while allowing four hits in a 4-2 win last time out.