Angels vs Blue Jays Odds & Picks (Aug 27)

• The Toronto Blue Jays are -160 home favorites over the Los Angeles Angels in an American League afternoon game scheduled for Saturday, August 27
• Toronto swept a four-game series at LA May 26-29
• The Angels are 1-6 straight up in the last seven games against the Blue Jays – see who we like below

There are a lot of MLB teams that are having their way with the Los Angeles Angels (53-73, 27-37 away) this season and the Toronto Blue Jays (68-56, 36-26 home) can be counted among that group. The Blue Jays have won four of five this season from the Angels and six out of eight games going back to last season.

Oddsmakers are expecting that this Toronto dominance to be continuing. The Blue Jays are set at -160 home favorites in this game. Toronto is 21-37 against the run line as the home chalk this season.

Angels vs Jays Odds

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The MLB lineups for these two teams will be ready for first pitch at the Rogers Centre is set for 3:07pm ET on Saturday, August 27. With clear skies 7 mph wind and a temperature of 73 degrees it’s likely the retractable roof on the dome will be open.

At odds of -160, The Blue Jays have an implied probability of victory of 61.54% in the MLB betting line. A successful $10 wager on Tampa Bay would create a payout of $16.30.

In the MLB Division odds, the betting line is displaying the Blue Jays as the +1793 second betting choice to win the AL East. The Angels are +450000 to take the AL West. In the MLB pennant odds, the Blue Jays are at +675 to win the American League and the Angels are at +200000. In the World Series odds, the Blue Jays are +1700 and the Angels are +500000.

LAA vs Toronto Probable Pitchers

It’s a showdown of two all-stars on the bump as the Angels send right-hander Shohei Ohtani out to face right-hander Alek Manoah of the Blue Jays.

Ohtani is in the top 4% of MLB pitchers in strikeout percentage (33.9). At the same time, his 13 wild pitches are also an AL high. With a career-high 10 wins, he’s accounted for 18.87% of all of the Angels’ victories this season.

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Shohei Ohtani & Ippei Mizuhara always studying the opponent even on Ohtani's day off. Amazing baseball minds. 💻😎
Credit: Ballys#大谷翔平 #Ohtani #Angels #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/Jjyny39oQD

— Anaheim Sports (@AnaheimSports1) August 23, 2022

Ohtani is struggling of late, though, with a 1-4 record over his last six starts and a 3.97 ERA. He’s served up five of the 14 homers he’s allowed this season during this six-game stretch. Prior to that, he’d won six successive starts and was showing an 0.52 ERA over the six-game span.

The Blue Jays roughed up Ohtani for five earned runs and two home runs over six innings in a 6-3 Toronto victory on May 26. He’s 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA in two career starts against the Blue Jays.

Ohtani vs Manoah Stats

Manoah has also set a career-high for wins and leads the AL in hit batters with 13. He led this category last season as well with 16 hit batsmen.

Manoah rates among the top 9% of MLB hurlers in hard hit percentage (33.9) and in the bottom 8% in Max EV (114.9).

Aaron Judge had words for Alek Manoah and Gerrit Cole was quick to come out of the dugout pic.twitter.com/KnUDe0gjMh

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 21, 2022

Like Ohtani, he’s scuffling of late. Manoah is 1-2 over his last five starts with a 4.50 ERA. The Blue Jays are 1-4 in those five games.

In two starts against the Angels, Manoah is 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA. He’s 10-3 with a 2.64 ERA in 17 career starts at Rogers Center.

Batting Average vs Starting Pitchers

The Blue Jays have enjoyed success at the plate when facing Ohtani. Toronto’s George Springer is 6-for-12 (.500) with two homers and four RBI. Vladimir Guerrero Jr is 2-for-5 (.400) with a solo homer. Jackie Bradley Jr is 4-for-7 (.571). Bo Bichette is 2-for-3 (.667) with two RBI. Whit Merrifield is 2-for-4 (.500) and Teoscar Hernandez is 1-for-3 (.333). Matt Chapman has homered twice and driven in four runs.

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George Springer has been raking since coming off the IL#NextLevel pic.twitter.com/GLTCjDEaqf

— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) August 26, 2022

Ohtani is 1-for-3 (.333) with a homer and two RBI against Manoah. Jo Adell is 2-for-3 (.667). Andrew Velazquez is 2-for-5 (.400) with an RBI. David Fletcher, Luis Renfigo and Mike Trout are all 1-for-3 (.333).

Angels vs Blue Jays Prediction

The Angels haven’t been beating much of anybody of late. They’ve lost six out of seven and are 2-9 through the past 11 games. However, they did open this series with a convincing 12-0 drubbing of Toronto.

Shohei Ohtani, Yusei Kikuchi and their respective interpreters (Ippei Mizuhara and Kevin Ando) met up before Friday's #BlueJays v #Angels game in Toronto.

The two Japanese pitchers went to the same high school, Hanamak Higashi. pic.twitter.com/zduCEm4UzN

— Mitch Bannon (@MitchBannon) August 26, 2022

Meanwhile, Toronto is 7-2 through the last nine games. However, the Blue Jays are just 1-4 against the run line over their last five games against the Angels.

Pick: Toronto Blue Jays ML (-160)