#961 Toronto Blue Jays (Bassitt) +105 over Minnesota Twins (Lopez) 1:10 PM CT
Pablo Lopez has high-ceiling stuff, but he has only two wins for the Twins. He has allowed two or more earned runs in seven of his last eight starts since a pair of dominant outings to start his time with Minnesota. The Blue Jays have won five of the past seven starts from Chris Bassitt, who has found his form with a dominant four-start run, allowing just two earned runs in his last 29 and a third innings. Minnesota’s lineup strikes out often and has been held to three or fewer runs in five of the past eight games. Toronto is batting .307 vs. right-handed pitching in the past 10 games and the Blue Jays also have a 1.76 bullpen ERA in the past five games. Toronto out-hit Minnesota 8-5 in last night’s 3-1 win to start this series and Minnesota is only a game above .500. The Blue Jays have a better record than the Twins despite being a last place team while the Twins sit on top of the weak AL Central and Toronto has 18 wins vs. winning teams compared to only 11 for Minnesota.