Game: Miami Marlins vs. Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, September 29, 2024

Location: Rogers Center in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

The Miami Marlins (59-100) travel to Rogers Center on Sunday to face the Toronto Blue Jays (74-85). The pitchers taking the mound will be Ryan Weathers and Chris Bassitt.

Miami is batting .374 and has been called 1,386 times while drawing a walk 393 times. They have 586 RBIs and 1,310 hits for the season while their batting average is .242. The Marlins have hit 237 doubles and knocked 146 baseballs out of the park as a team. They scored 611 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .298. As a unit, the Miami Marlins score 3.8 runs per contest, ranking 28th in the league.

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They have posted a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.38 and their pitching staff has posted a collective WHIP of 1.39. Marlins pitchers have given up 193 long balls in addition to 834 total runs (29th in MLB). Miami gave up 1,411 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 748 earned runs. The Marlins have a team earned run average of 4.77 this season (29th in baseball) and the team has struck out 1,296 hitters. They have defeated 544 opponents so far this season and their FIP as a team is 4.45.

The Marlins’ bullpen pitchers have faced runners on base 175 times and have also made 185 appearances in high-leverage situations. The bullpen had 80 holds on the season (19th in the league). The Marlins’ relief pitchers have posted a save percentage of 53.4% ​​and have stepped on the mound in 140 save situations. They made 31 saves this season and missed 27 of their 58 chances to save the game. Relief pitchers inherited 244 runners for the season, with 37.7% of those runners scoring a run for their team. The Marlins have sent 550 helpers to the mound this year.

The Miami Marlins have a record of 4,231 putouts as well as 1,409 assists and 116 errors on the campaign. Their fielding percentage is .980, which ranks them 30th in the MLB, and they have hit 121 double plays. The Marlins have converted 68.0% of balls in play into outs in their 12,693 innings on the field, ranking them 28th in professional baseball.

Weathers has held the ball in 235 innings and has 192 K’s in his career so far. His earned run average is 5.22 (136 ERs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.427. He has given up 250 base knocks (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 85 free passes. Weathers (career mark of 9-21) has a FIP of 5.14 while facing 1,022 batters in the majors.

The Blue Jays have a team slugging percentage of .391 and allow 4.18 runs per game (20th in the league). They hit 278 doubles, walked 498 and scored 664 runs. Toronto has a total of 154 home runs and 633 runs batted in on the season. They were used 1,212 times (25th in baseball) and yielded a total of 1,286 hits. The Toronto Blue Jays posted a .314 on-base percentage and a .242 team batting average on the season.

Toronto’s pitching staff has given up 717 runs this season while maintaining a team ERA of 4.21 (655 earned runs allowed). They have given up 204 home runs and scored 4.61 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league). The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.266 and a FIP of 4.43 as a pitching staff for the season. Her strikeout-to-walk ratio is 8.30 (1,290 strikeouts against 493 bases on balls). As a pitching team, they rank 12th in the league with 1,279 hits allowed.

In Toronto, bullpen pitchers came into the game with 59 save chances and they came away with 36 saves. They rank 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 61.0% and have sent 537 bullpen pitchers to the diamond over the course of the season. Their backups were used 127 times in high-leverage situations, in addition to 155 times with base runners. Toronto relievers have an inherited scoring rate of 31.4% out of 239 inherited baserunners. In 147 save situations, the Blue Jays have 85 holds and 23 failed saves.

In 12,603 ​​innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays had a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (5th in baseball). The Toronto Blue Jays have made 124 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in MLB). The Blue Jays have amassed 1,330 assists, 91 errors and 4,201 putouts this year.

In his MLB career, Bassitt has delivered 1,010 base knocks while recording 1,025 punch outs in 1,107 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 442 earned runs while posting a WHIP of 1.234 and owning a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is 2.87 and he has faced 4,674 opposing batters over his career. Bassitt (72-56 career win-loss record) has a 3.59 ERA and allowed 8.2 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight’s MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn’s pick: Take Miami

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