Arizona Diamondbacks vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction 7-14-24 Picks

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet Sunday in MLB action from Chase Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s a Arizona Diamondbacks vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Toronto Blue Jays will start Yusei Kikuchi here, and Kikuchi is 4-8 with a 4.00 ERA and 111 strikeouts this season. In his career, Kikuchi is 0-1 with a 3.45 ERA and 17 strikeouts against Arizona. Zac Gallen will start for Arizona here, and Gallen is 6-5 with a 3.33 ERA and 75 strikeouts this season. This will be Gallen’s second career start against Toronto.

Toronto Blue Jays Recap

The Toronto Blue Jays come into this one looking to head into the all-star break on a high note after looking more and more like sellers over the last couple of weeks of the first half, despite series wins over the Giants and Mariners over the last week.

Blue Jays Trying To Save Face In Second Half

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 104 hits including 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 54 RBIs along with a .287 batting average and a .360 OBP. Daulton Varsho’s chipped in 11 home runs and 37 RBIs in addition to 15 doubles. Davis Schneider has 15 doubles, while George Springer has a team-high 9 stolen bases. Varsho also has a team-high 86 strikeouts and 9 stolen bases as well this season. Bo Bichette also has 16 doubles this season.

Arizona Diamondbacks Recap

The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to finish the series strong and the first half of the season strong as they attempt to make a run back at the postseason to defend their NL pennant from last season and are on quite the run with series wins over the Dodgers and Padres over the last two weeks as well as a four-Game series split with Atlanta.

Diamondbacks Heating Up Going Into Break

Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks with 100 hits in addition to a .285 batting average and 19 doubles with 18 home runs and 52 RBIs while Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also has 13 home runs and 55 RBIs as well this season. Corbin Carroll has a team-high 18 stolen bases while Eugenio Suarez has 104 strikeouts this season. Christian Walker also has 22 home runs with a team-high 66 RBIs of his own in addition to 103 strikeouts this season.

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction

I’m on Arizona here. Kikuchi’s been fantastic as of late, including 13 strikeouts in his last start. However, for as well as he’s pitched in a lot of spots, his team hasn’t backed him up and it’s resulted in Toronto losing 12 of Kikuchi’s last 14 starts. Gallen hasn’t gotten as many wins as the last couple of years at home, but he’s still been dominant at Chase Field and I think he gets another Where so give me Arizona.