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Athletics at Blue Jays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 30
Its Friday, May 30 and the Athletics (23-34) are in Toronto to take on the Blue Jays (28-28). Jeffrey Springs is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Chris Bassitt for Toronto. Toronto took care of business in the series opener last night with a 12-0 smack of the Athletics. Ernie Clement drove in five runs and Bo Bichette knocked in three as the Jays pulled back to an even .500 for the season with an overall record of 28-28. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Athletics at Blue Jays Date: Friday, May 30, 2025 Time: 7:07PM EST Site: Rogers Centre City: Toronto, ON Network/Streaming: NBCSCA, SN1, Sportsnet Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Athletics at the Blue Jays The latest odds as of Friday: Moneyline: Athletics (+140), Blue Jays (-165) Spread: Blue Jays -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Athletics at Blue Jays Pitching matchup for May 30, 2025: Jeffrey Springs vs. Chris Bassitt Athletics: Jeffrey Springs (5-3, 3.97 ERA) Last outing: 5/24 vs. Philadelphia - 6IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 6KsBlue Jays: Chris Bassitt (4-3, 3.38 ERA) Last outing: 5/25 at Tampa Bay - 4IP, 5ER, 9H, 2BB, 2Ks Athletics: Jeffrey Springs (5-3, 3.97 ERA) Last outing: 5/24 vs. Philadelphia - 6IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 6Ks Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (4-3, 3.38 ERA) Last outing: 5/25 at Tampa Bay - 4IP, 5ER, 9H, 2BB, 2Ks Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Athletics at Blue Jays The Blue Jays have won 7 of their last 9 home games with Chris Bassitt on the bump The Blue Jays' last 6 home games with Chris Bassitt on the mound have gone under the Total The Blue Jays have covered the Run Line in 6 of their last 7 home games with Chris Bassitt as the starter Bo Bichette has homered in back-to-back games Anthony Santander is without a hit in his last 5 games (0-17) and has just 4 hits in his last 12 games (4-33) If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Athletics and the Blue Jays Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday's game between the Athletics and the Blue Jays: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Toronto Blue Jays on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Toronto Blue Jays at -1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
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5 days ago
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Athletics at Blue Jay Series Preview
After taking two of two from the Houston Astros down in Texas the A's continue their road trip, this time going north of the border to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in a four-game series. The club is struggling right now so a couple wins in Canada would mean the world to a team falling further behind in the playoff race. Blue Jays W/L record : 27-28 (3rd in AL East) Run differential : -26 Team OPS : .689 (19th of 30) Team ERA: 4.00 (20th of 30) The Blue Jays have been treading water this season which is never a small feat in the ultra-competitive AL East. With a near-.500 mark that's only good enough for third place in the AL East. But that doesn't take them out of the playoff picture altogether. They're currently looking up at three teams for that final wild card spot and at just 3 games back they're within striking distance if they string together a couple of good series. Advertisement Long known for their power the Blue Jays have seen a drop in their homers this year as they've hit just 47 long balls all year, ahead of only four other teams in the entire league. And a lot of that has come in the past few weeks. Outfielder Daulton Varsho currently leads the team with eight home runs, and that's in just 22 games! Slugging first baseman Vladimir Guerro Jr. comparatively only have seven home runs in more than twice as many games. Offseason addition Anthony Santander was brought in to provide power and while he's third on the team with six homers he's also hitting below the Mendoza Line with a .181 batting average. The club has generally received decent results from the likes of George Springer (.796 OPS) and Bo Bichette (.273 batting average) but much of the rest of their lineup has posted below-average production. Their pitching has managed to keep them afloat as old friend Chris Bassitt and Kevin Gausman have led the starting rotation admirably. Neither pitcher will win any Cy Young votes but both have ERA's in the mid-3's while constantly facing elite lineups. Right-hander Jose Berrios has underwhelmed in his fifth season with the team by delivering uneven results en route to a 4.22 ERA through 11 starts. Righty Bowden Francis has been a sub-par backend starter but is providing innings, which is better than the fifth starters spot for Toronto which has been a revolving door for them all season. Tonight's matchup will see Jose Berrios take on Jacob Lopez to start the series. Tonight will be Lopez's third start of the season and only his fifth career starting assignment. The young lefty was on his best game last time out, firing seven innings of one-run ball against the Phillies. That was enough to earn him another start and it's an encouraging sign, but he'll need to show it's sustainable if he wants to hold onto that spot in the rotation. Friday night's contest will see Jeffrey Springs take on Chris Bassitt. As stated above, Bassitt is leading the Jays' starters and looks like the toughest test for the offense over the weekend. He has continued to be a durable and reliable arm ever since departing the team and it's continued into the latter half of his career. Springs on the other hand is on a roll of his own. In the month of May the lefty has allowed just 7 runs over 30 innings, finally rewarding the A's for their faith in him. It was a rough stretch to start the season and murmurs were getting louder about a potential shift to the bullpen but he's quieted those voices since the calendar flipped. He'll get one more start in May before June arrives so he'll hope to finish the month with his sixth win of the season. Advertisement Saturday's matchup is still TBD. The A's know who they're going with in Gunnar Hoglund, who will take a 5.13 ERA into what will be his sixth career start. After a quick start to his career he's gotten rough up a couple times so the hope is he make the adjustments to get back on track soon. Toronto has yet to announce his opposite so stay tuned for an update there. Wrapping the series up, JP Sears will take the ball for the 12th time and he'll be opposed by Kevin Gausman. Sears has been struggling lately and is coming off the worst start of his season so getting back on track will be critical for him on Sunday. Gausman on the other hand is in the midst of yet another above-average season as he's formed half of the 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation. Another tough draw for the Athletics. The bats will be ready. More from
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Blue Jays can't take heat. But was it legit excuse for no show against Rays?
In the aftermath of the carnage leading to the Blue Jays latest three-game losing streak, the team is taking some heat about … the heat. Following Sunday's 13-0 defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, the Jays most lop-sided loss of the season, manager John Schneider spoke to media in Florida and lamented about the challenges of playing in excruciating conditions. The game, played at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa in temperatures that topped 32 degrees but would have been significantly higher at field level, was clearly uncomfortable for both teams. Just as apparently, it affected the visitors more. Toronto starter Chris Bassitt appeared to struggle at times, lasting just four-plus innings, wilting through a 25 pitch second inning and never truly recovering in the scorching environment. But was playing in the heat of the Rays temporary home after the roof was blown off Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton in the winter an excuse? Certainly not a legit one for such a one-sided defeat in a stadium visiting teams have had some success in thus far. 'I think that today was the first time, half way through the game that the environment creeps into your head a little bit,' Schneider told reporters in Tampa following Sunday's non contest. 'It's tough. It's really hot. The environment is just different. 'I don't want to say we're spoiled, but everyone has earned the right to play in the big leagues at a big-league ballpark so I think that creeps in a little bit today.' That was surely frustration combining with an over-heating for the manager, whose team seems incapable of developing any positive traction when it flirts with success. Schneider, by nature, isn't an excuse maker and we're guessing his seat on an air-conditioned charter plane with a cold beverage in front of him couldn't have arrived soon enough after three hours in the cauldron. While it couldn't have been comfortable, Sportsnet studio analyst Joe Siddall wasn't buying it as a rationale after watching the Jays getting blown out in the minor league stadium that also serves as the New York Yankees spring training venue. 'Can we stop talking about the heat?' Siddall said on the Fan Morning Show with Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning on Monday. 'It's Florida in May … everybody knew it was going to be hot. Everybody knew all season long when the Rays played at home it wasn't going to be great. 'I can't stand hearing about the heat. The other teams (visiting the Rays this season) seemed to be able to put the ball over the fence. You can't get caught up in that stuff.' The wildly inconsistent Jays were caught up in something as they lost in embarrassing fashion to finish a three-game sweep at the hands of the Rays, a performance that let the air out of the positivity of a a three-game home sweep of the San Diego Padres that preceded it. On Sunday, the Jays managed just four hits and didn't advance a runner past first for the entire game. After putting up 24 runs in the three wins over the Padres, the Jays managed just two over 27 innings against the Rays. That lack of steady production at the plate continues to dog the middling team. The putrid weekend ended the Jays dalliance with living above the .500 mark, dropping their record to 25-27 and a tumble from second to fourth place in the tight American League East. Blaming the weather seems to be a stretch, however, given that even after sweeping the Jays, the Rays have a modest 16-18 record at their less than desirable home park. 'That team was not ready to play baseball and that's just not acceptable at the big league level,' Siddall said. To be fair, Schneider wasn't blaming the loss solely on the conditions — he also called out some sloppy play on the base paths by his team and said the team needs to find a better way to be more consistent, one of the biggest failings of the Jays thus far. That transparency is important to note as it's also clear that his team wasn't able to adapt to the point of being competitive in the finale of the three-game series. That too, is baffling, given the significance of a matchup against a division opponent that now owns a 5-1 record against them this season. The Jays six-game road trip continues with a Memorial Day matinee against the Rangers in Texas with Kevin Gausman getting the start for the Jays.
Edmonton Journal
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Edmonton Journal
Blue Jays can't take heat. But was it legit excuse for no show against Rays?
Article content The game, played at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa in temperatures that topped 32 degrees but would have been significantly higher at field level, was clearly uncomfortable for both teams. Just as apparently, it affected the visitors more. Toronto starter Chris Bassitt appeared to struggle at times, lasting just four-plus innings, wilting through a 25 pitch second inning and never truly recovering in the scorching environment. But was playing in the heat of the Rays temporary home after the roof was blown off Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton in the winter an excuse? Certainly not a legit one for such a one-sided defeat in a stadium visiting teams have had some success in thus far. 'I think that today was the first time, half way through the game that the environment creeps into your head a little bit,' Schneider told reporters in Tampa following Sunday's non contest. 'It's tough. It's really hot. The environment is just different.
National Post
26-05-2025
- Climate
- National Post
Blue Jays can't take heat. But was it legit excuse for no show against Rays?
In the aftermath of the carnage leading to the Blue Jays latest three-game losing streak, the team is taking some heat about … the heat. Article content Article content Following Sunday's 13-0 defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, the Jays most lop-sided loss of the season, manager John Schneider spoke to media in Florida and lamented about the challenges of playing in excruciating conditions. Article content The game, played at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa in temperatures that topped 32 degrees but would have been significantly higher at field level, was clearly uncomfortable for both teams. Article content Just as apparently, it affected the visitors more. Toronto starter Chris Bassitt appeared to struggle at times, lasting just four-plus innings, wilting through a 25 pitch second inning and never truly recovering in the scorching environment. Article content But was playing in the heat of the Rays temporary home after the roof was blown off Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton in the winter an excuse? Certainly not a legit one for such a one-sided defeat in a stadium visiting teams have had some success in thus far. Article content 'I think that today was the first time, half way through the game that the environment creeps into your head a little bit,' Schneider told reporters in Tampa following Sunday's non contest. 'It's tough. It's really hot. The environment is just different. Article content 'I don't want to say we're spoiled, but everyone has earned the right to play in the big leagues at a big-league ballpark so I think that creeps in a little bit today.' Article content That was surely frustration combining with an over-heating for the manager, whose team seems incapable of developing any positive traction when it flirts with success. Schneider, by nature, isn't an excuse maker and we're guessing his seat on an air-conditioned charter plane with a cold beverage in front of him couldn't have arrived soon enough after three hours in the cauldron. Article content While it couldn't have been comfortable, Sportsnet studio analyst Joe Siddall wasn't buying it as a rationale after watching the Jays getting blown out in the minor league stadium that also serves as the New York Yankees spring training venue. Article content 'Can we stop talking about the heat?' Siddall said on the Fan Morning Show with Ben Ennis and Brent Gunning on Monday. 'It's Florida in May … everybody knew it was going to be hot. Everybody knew all season long when the Rays played at home it wasn't going to be great. Article content 'I can't stand hearing about the heat. The other teams (visiting the Rays this season) seemed to be able to put the ball over the fence. You can't get caught up in that stuff.'
