3 Ways To Bet Blue Jays vs. Yankees (Tues., Sept. 6)


The Blue Jays hope to snap out of their recent funk Monday when they visit the Yankees for Game 2 of a 3-game series this week in New York.

Toronto has struggled to start September, losing 2 of 3 in Tampa Bay before dropping the series opener with the Yankees 5-3 Monday. The Jays’ pitching has been the biggest culprit, with Toronto allowing 23 runs in those 4 games.

Fortunately, Boston lost the past two days and the Jays still lead the American League East, though Baltimore has been gaining ground.

Let’s look at 3 ways to bet the Blue Jays vs. Yankees matchup on Tuesday.

1. Jays On The Moneyline

As of Monday night, the Blue Jays were -160 road favourites for Tuesday’s game, meaning that you’d have to risk $160 to win $100.

They’re favoured by that much because Toronto owns a huge advantage on the pitching mound. The Blue Jays will send Cy Young candidate Aaron Sanchez to the hill, while the Yankees will counter with rookie Luis Cessa.

Sanchez is 1-0 with a 0.71 ERA in his career against New York. Cessa has made just 3 starts in his career, and none of them against Toronto.

The Jays used to have issues winning at Yankee Stadium, but they’ve gone 15-11 in the Bronx over the past 3 seasons.

2. Jays Team Total Over


With the Blue Jays as -160 favourites and the Over/Under for the game at 8.5, the Jays team total should be at 4.5 with a bit of juice on the over.

Cessa is not overpowering (23 strikeouts in 36.2 innings this year) and he’s vulnerable to the home run ball (2.2 allowed per 9 innings so far this season). Both those things are good for the Jays, who strike out a lot and also love hitting the ball out of the ball park.

Behind Cessa is a Yankees bullpen that was weakened by the trades of Miller and Chapman at the trade deadline. Instead of laying -160 with the Blue Jays on the moneyline, you might want to take the Jays to score more than 4.5 runs instead. Your best place to bet team totals is usually Pinnacle, because of their reduced juice odds.

3. Aaron Sanchez Strikeouts Prop


It’s tough to recommend this bet without knowing what the Over/Under for Sanchez’s strikeouts will be (they’re not usually released at Bodog and Sports Interaction until a few hours before game time), but we expect it will be around 6.

Sanchez isn’t necessarily a strikeout pitcher, but he’s fanned nearly a batter per inning in his two starts versus New York. And the Yankees have struck out nearly 7 times a game over their last 7 games. As long as Sanchez goes 6 or 7 innings, you should have a decent shot at the Over.

We’ll like this bet a lot more if Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is in the lineup. He’s struck out 13 times in the past week and 29 times in his last 47 at-bats.