Tigers vs. Blue Jays Prediction, Odds, Picks - May 17

The Detroit Tigers and Riley Greene will take on the Toronto Blue Jays and Bo Bichette at Rogers Centre on Saturday, with the first pitch at 3:07 p.m. ET. The Tigers are the favorite in this one, at -135, while the underdog Blue Jays have +115 odds to play spoiler. Detroit is a 1.5-run favorite (at +120 odds). The contest's over/under is set at 8.5 runs.

Check out everything you need to know from a betting perspective on the Tigers-Blue Jays game, regarding the run line, moneyline and total, plus expert picks.

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Tigers vs. Blue Jays Game Information & Odds

• When: Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 3:07 p.m. ET
• Where: Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario
• How to watch on TV: SN1 and FDSDET

Tigers vs. Blue Jays Prediction

• Score Prediction: Tigers 5, Blue Jays 4
• Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
• Win Probabilities: Tigers 60%, Blue Jays 40%

Tigers vs. Blue Jays Betting Insights

• The Tigers have been favorites in 27 games this season and won 21 (77.8%) of those contests.
• Detroit has a record of 19-3 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -135 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 57.4% chance of a victory for the Tigers.
• The Blue Jays have been chosen as underdogs in 26 games this year and have walked away with the win 12 times (46.2%) in those games.
• Toronto has a mark of 6-5 in contests where sportsbooks favor it by +115 or worse on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 46.5% chance of pulling out a win.

Tigers Recent Betting Performance

• The Tigers played as the moneyline favorite for eight of their last 10 games, and finished 7-1 in those matchups.
• In their last 10 matchups -- all had a set run total -- the Tigers and their opponents combined to go over the total seven times.
• The Tigers have put together a 5-5-0 record against the spread over their past 10 games.

Tigers Recent Stats

Tigers Player Insights

• The Tigers' best power option comes in the form of Spencer Torkelson and his 11-dinger 34-RBI season, both team highs.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Torkelson is 10th in home runs and sixth in RBI.
• Greene's 11 home runs are a team-high mark.
• Greene is 10th in homers and 18th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Greene enters this matchup looking for his seventh game in a row with a hit. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .289 with three doubles, three home runs, five walks and nine RBIs.
• Kerry Carpenter has accumulated a team-best batting average of .298.
• Carpenter has at least one base hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a double and three walks.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .294 with five doubles, five home runs and 12 walks.

Tigers Team Props

Blue Jays Recent Betting Performance

• The Blue Jays have played as underdogs in four of their past 10 games and have gone 3-1 in those contests.
• In their last 10 games with a total, the Blue Jays and their opponents are 8-1-1 when it comes to hitting the over.
• Over their last 10 games, the Blue Jays are 6-4-0 against the spread.

Blue Jays Recent Stats

Blue Jays Player Insights

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .293 with eight doubles, five home runs and 27 walks, while getting on base at a rate of .392.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Guerrero is 100th in homers and 90th in RBI.
• Guerrero brings a hitting streak of five games into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Bichette has a club-high 22 runs batted in and .294 batting average.
• Bichette is 139th overall in homers and 67th in RBI this year.
• George Springer is hitting .271 with 10 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 24 walks.
• Alejandro Kirk is batting .275 with four doubles, three home runs and four walks.

Blue Jays Team Props

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