The Blue Jays have really struggled with Tampa lately, especially at Tropicana field where their winning percentage is abysmal. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Toronto Blue Jays (24-20) vs Tampa Bay Rays (26-18) PITCHING MATCHUP<\/strong>: Blue Jays LH Ricky Romero (5-1, 3.64 ERA) vs. Rays RH James Shields (6-2, 3.77 ERA)<\/p>\n Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n That is why it was such encouraging news to see the Jays take the series opener Monday even though Kyle Drabek wasn\u2019t all that sharp. \u00a0As this is being written the Jays find themselves down late against TB meaning they will have to take the rubber match Wednesday to have made up any ground in the division.<\/p>\n Toronto will close out the series with ace Ricky Romero on the mound. \u00a0The lefty has been walking way too many batters but has a solid 5-1 record including a win against the Rays earlier this season. \u00a0His numbers at the Trop are solid and he generally keeps the Jays in the game so there is good value there. \u00a0It might be too bad Adam Lind was sent to the minors because he has 5 lifetime homers against James Shields, the most of any current Jay. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Tampa Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rays had lost 4 of 5 heading into Tuesday night\u2019s action and things didn\u2019t look good early with phenom Matt Moore struggling again – I wonder when they might send him down. \u00a0But typical Tampa they tightened things up in relief and came away with the victory at home. \u00a0This team is lacking its biggest bat with Evan Longoria up but put a hurt on Toronto\u2019s own phenom – Drew Huthinson.<\/p>\n On the hill getting behind James Shields is a smart play. \u00a0The Rays are 7-2 in his starts this season returning almost 6 units already this season. \u00a0Also, he is perfect in day games this year (4-0) but I am never sure what to make of a split like that. \u00a0This is a tough one to call with good value on both sides. \u00a0You have to like Shield\u2019s career 9-5 record against Toronto and the fact that the Jays lineup has no real lefthanded threat right now.<\/p>\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over<\/strong> Interleague Baseball Betting: Jays vs Rays The Blue Jays have really struggled with Tampa lately, especially at Tropicana field where their winning percentage is abysmal. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":33387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[108,3882,111,112,203,54949,54950,502,30021,14228,27450,3775,691,1028,3046,1213,4925,10860,54948],"class_list":["post-51528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-baseball-handicapping","tag-baseball-lines","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-blue-jays","tag-blue-jays-rays","tag-blue-jays-rays-gambling","tag-gambling-lines","tag-interleague","tag-mlb-baseball-previews","tag-mlb-free-pick","tag-mlb-odds","tag-mlb-predictions","tag-predictions","tag-rays","tag-tampa-bay","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-toronto-blue-jays-vs-tampa-bay-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51528"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107955,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51528\/revisions\/107955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWednesday May 23
\nTropicana Field – Tampa, FL
\n1:10PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Tampa -115, Toronto +100
\nO\/U: 7.5<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Tampa Bay 5 – Toronto 4<\/strong><\/p>\nView The MLB Cappers Leaderboard For 2011 \u00a0– Picks Packages for 2012 On Sale! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"