Toronto Blue Jays (43-50) at Arizona Diamondbacks (47-47)
Game Info: Friday, July 12th, 2024 at 9:40 p.m. EST (Chase Field)
Betting Odds: Dbacks ML (-125) - Over/Under (9.5)
Pick: Dbacks ML (-125)
The Toronto Blue Jays and the Arizona Diamondbacks will play the opening game of a three game series here on Friday night in Arizona. These are two teams that came into the season with much higher expectations but both of them have been rather disappointing throughout the first half of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Both teams will look to turn things around heading into the all star break by building some momentum throughout the weekend.
Toronto has been playing average baseball throughout the first half of the season. This has been a hot topic especially with the trade deadline fast approaching, as they have been rumored to be sellers, and break up their core group of players. They come into this game sitting in the bottom half of the standings in the American League East division. They will have plenty of work to do throughout the second half of the season if they want to get back into the title race. At the moment that seems rather unlikely and they will need to settle for one of the three wild card spots in the American League.
The Blue Jays come into this game with a record of 43-50 through their first 93 games of the season. Which puts them in place in the American League East division and they will have a massive hole to climb out of if they want to get out of the basement. They do come into this game with a little bit of momentum as they are currently on a two game-winning streak and have won five out of their last 10 on the season. That is something they will look to maintain throughout the opening game of this series and throughout the rest of the weekend before into the All-Star break next week.
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After making it all the way to the World Series last season, it has been a little bit of a fall off for the Arizona Diamondbacks this year. They will look to build up as much momentum as possible before heading into the All-Star break as they look to get things going and compete for one of the top three wildcard spots in the National League. Arizona is playoff contention as long as they put together a solid second half of the season and with the roster that they have, they are more than capable of getting the job done as long as they can remain healthy and consistent.
Arizona comes into this game sitting right at the .500 mark with 47 victories through their first 94 games of the season. They will look to grab number 48 here on Friday night in the opening game of the series against the Toronto Blue Jays at home. Much like Toronto they do come into this game on a two game winning streak and as winners of six out of their last 10 on the season. They are only eight games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the National League West division, and they currently sit one game back of the third and final wildcard spot as well.
Betting trends to consider in this matchup:
- Arizona is 25-18 against teams below .500
- Arizona is 24-23 at home
- Toronto is 22-26 on the road
I expect this to be a close and competitive match up throughout the early stages of the game, but in the end I do look for the defending National League champions, the Arizona Diamondbacks to pick up the victory at home. As I look for them to have the advantage with them playing here at home as I think they have a much stronger lineup in Toronto at the moment with the way Toronto’s players have been slumping heading into the All-Star break.
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