Milwaukee Brewers at Toronto Blue Jays odds, picks and predictions

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The Milwaukee Brewers (28-26) and Toronto Blue Jays (29-26) will continue their 3-game series with Game 2 Wednesday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. First pitch is at 7:07 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Brewers vs. Blue Jays odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Blue Jays lead 1-0

The Brewers have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are flirting with the .500 mark with a 1-game lead on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central. They lost to the Blue Jays 7-2 on Tuesday. Milwaukee has scored the 5th-fewest runs in the majors (216) and C William Contreras leads the team with a .253 batting average.

After losing 7 times in an 8-game stretch the Blue Jays have righted the ship a bit winning 3 of their last 4 games. They took 2 of 3 from the Minnesota Twins in their last series. SS Bo Bichette leads the team in batting average (.331) home runs (11) and RBI (38).

Milwaukee Brewers at Toronto Blue Jays projected starters

RHP Julio Teheran vs. RHP Alek Manoah

Teheran (0-1 1.80 ERA) makes his 2nd start. He has a 1.00 WHIP 1.8 BB/9 and 9.0 K/9 in 5 innings.

  • Last start: 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K in 1-0 loss Thursday to San Francisco Giants
  • Is 0-1 with a 7.66 ERA in 5 career starts vs. Blue Jays

Manoah (1-5 5.53 ERA) makes his 12th start. He has a 1.79 WHIP 6.4 BB/9 and 7.7 K/9 through 53 2/3 IP.

  • Last start: 3 IP 3 H 5 R (4 ER) 5 BB 6 K in 6-3 loss Thursday to Tampa Bay Rays
  • Won only career start vs. Brewers: 6.2 IP 5 H 2 R 1 BB 3 K

Brewers at Blue Jays odds

Provided by BetMGM SportsbookUSA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub Lines last updated at 11:15 a.m. ET.

  • Moneyline (ML): Brewers +140 (bet $100 to win $140) | Blue Jays -165 (bet $165 to win $100)
  • Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Brewers +1.5 (-140) | Blue Jays -1.5 (+115)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 9.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)

Brewers at Blue Jays picks and predictions

Prediction

Brewers 6 Blue Jays 5

Moneyline

This pick has more to do with Manoah than anything regarding the Blue Jays’ lineup. I don’t doubt that Toronto will plate a handful of runs against Teheran and the Brewers but I don’t trust Manoah against Milwaukee. He has 1 quality start all season and has walked at least 4 batters in 7 starts this year.

His lack of control and his susceptibility to the long ball should keep the Brewers in this game. Bet BREWERS (+140) to win outright on the road.

Run line/Against the spread

If Teheran can give the Brewers 5 good innings like he did in his 1st start of the season Milwaukee will have a great chance to win this game. Manoah is struggling badly right now and the Blue Jays have lost each of his last 5 starts 4 of which were by at least 3 runs.

I like the BREWERS +1.5 (-140) to cover but I prefer the money line at +140.

Over/Under

The total has gone Over in 7 of the Blue Jays’ last 10 games and there have been at least 9 runs scored in each of Manoah’s last 5 starts. The Over is 5-4-1 in the Brewers’ last 10 games so the trend isn’t as glaring as the Blue Jays’ but this should still be a high-scoring game at Rogers Centre.

BET OVER 9.5 (-115).

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