Partner Content | Orioles vs. Blue Jays picks and odds: Back Toronto with Manoah on the mound
The Toronto Blue Jays host the Baltimore Orioles for the final game of their series on Sunday.
The pregame narrative: Toronto can sweep Baltimore with a win. The team’s chances of doing so are strong with Alek Manoah taking the bump.
Check out our Orioles vs. Blue Jays picks for September 18.
Odds as of 8:59 a.m. on 09/18/2022.
Orioles vs. Blue Jays picks
Best bet: Blue Jays to score first and win (+133)
The best teams tend to rise in September, and the Blue Jays are a prime example of that.
Toronto’s won 13 of 17 games in the month and now holds a 1.5-game lead on the top Wild Card spot. The Blue Jays have specifically dominated the Orioles this month, too, taking five of their six meetings.
The team will also benefit from having Manoah on the mound. The 24-year-old’s been the squad’s best pitcher and one of the top arms in MLB this season.
| Alek Manoah pitches | Pitch Value | Rank |
| Fastballs | 17.8 | 6 |
| Sliders | 3.9 | 11 |
| Changeups | 1.5 | 14 |
The big righty owns one of the best fastballs in the game and he mixes in a slider and changeup that are more than servicable.
His counterpart on Sunday, Dean Kremer, has just been mediocre since the calendar flipped to September. He owns a 3.86 ERA this month, including an outing against the Blue Jays. The 26-year-old allowed six hits, two walks and three runs across 4.1 innings in a 4-1 loss.
Kremer’s 6.75 ERA against the Blue Jays in his career also doesn’t inspire much confidence.
Toronto’s poised to close this series out with another win.
Key stat: The Blue Jays have scored first and won in three of their last four games.
Quick picks
Under 8 runs (-110): Recent results from both pitchers suggest there’s value on the under in this contest.
The under on this total has hit or pushed in all eight of Kremer’s appearances since the start of August. For Manoah, the under’s come through in five of his last six starts.
These two pitchers squared off on September 7 and their teams combined for 5 runs.
Blue Jays -1.5 (+106): Keeping with the last time these two starters met, Manoah was downright dominant in that contest. He fanned five hitters, allowing just three hits and one run across eight innings of work in a 4-1 win.
Toronto’s won both games of this series by multiple runs and six of its last seven against Baltimore by that margin.
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