MLB Preview Washington Nationals (37-29) at Toronto Blue Jays (31-38) by entity wagering investment
MLB Preview Washington Nationals (37-29) at Toronto Blue Jays (31-38) by entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc. Saturday, June 16 – First Pitch at 4:07 PM EST. Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
We preview MLB games and make a final score prediction for many different reasons and our MLB reviews always have some form of handicapping insight into them. The question on the table today is Toronto trending over the Nationals? Would it be a surprise to see that the Toronto Blue Jays have won the last 3 meetings with Washington, each of those 3 wins came at a decent underdog price, Max Scherzer has lost two in row against the Blue Jays, the last time these pitchers went head-to-head Estrada beat Scherzer. Today we find Max Scherzer on the mound and is a heavy -205 favorite. Is this three-game winning streak a trend or a bump in the road? Both teams enter this game with a 5-5 record over their last 10 games and while at the start of the season Toronto was crushed with injuries and struggled early in the season, today we see Washington dealing with injuries of their own. Considering the last time these teams meet, before yesterday’s 6-5 Toronto win, was in 2015 and these teams have been meeting every three years, any current year trend should be looked at with skepticism and current pitching and hitting form should take president over any short term trend here today.
The Washington Nationals send Max Scherzer to the mound who is coming off a rare loss and is 10-2 overall with an ERA of 2.00. On the road Scherzer is 6-1 with an ERA of 2.05. Scherzer has gone 94.2 innings and has 142 strikeouts. The numbers for Scherzer are the same numbers we see from this 3-time Cy Young award winner. Over his last ten starts Scherzer has allowed 2 runs or less in 9 of those starts.
The home Toronto Blue Jays counter with Marco Estrada who is 3-6 overall and owns a 5.09 ERA. Estrada has heated up over his last two starts allowing 2 runs to Baltimore in getting the W and held the mighty Yankees to 1 run thru 6 innings and took a tough 2-1 loss. Estrada owns a 4.83 home ERA going 1-4 pitching 41 innings, allowing 22 runs, and has 34 strikeouts. Estrada started his career with Washington and is 2-1 when facing the team that drafted him
Inside the numbers with entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc:
The Washington Nationals are 8-1 in their last 9 games when facing a team with a losing record, 5-1 in their last 6 inter-league games when facing a right-handed starter and 8-2 in their last 10 when facing teams from the AL East. The Nats are 15-6 in their last 21 road games and are 22-5 in the 27 games that Scherzer started on 5 days’ rest. Long term we find Scherzer 41-17 in his last 51 starts on the road. Coming off a loss, and Scherzer starting the next game, the National are 21-8 the last 29 times this situation has occurred.
The Blue Jays have a 5-game home winning streak going and are 6-1 in their last 7 interleague home games. Longer term in inter-league play we find Toronto 11-5 over their last 16 inter-league games when facing a right-handed starter. Marco Estrada and the Jays are 4-1 in his last 5 starts facing the NL East. The last 6 home start for Estrada has seen the Blue Jay go just 1-5 and Estrada is 0-4 the last 4 times he pitched on 5 days of rest.
Head-to-Head
The Washington Nationals are 4-1 the last 5 times they have visited Toronto, the road team is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings, Toronto has won the last 3 meeting and Washington had won 4 straight over Toronto prior to that.
Opening Line: Washington -2.05, Toronto Blue Jays +1.85, the total has been set at 7.5
Prediction: Washington 6, Toronto 2