Odds and Bets: Which Alek Manoah Will Show Up For the Jays?

Best Sports Bets for July 18th, 2023

San Diego Padres vs. Toronto Blue Jays

Best Bet: Padres -117

The 53-41 Blue Jays welcome the 44-50 Padres to Rogers Centre tonight, with each teams coming off a very different outcome in their last series.

The Padres have lost three straight and are now at 4th place in the National League West. They dropped their last outing 7-6 against the Phillies on Sunday.

The Jays, on the other hand, are coming off of a three-game sweep of the (arguably, not very good) Arizona Diamondbacks. They took the 7-5 win on Sunday in their last game. Toronto now sits at 3rd place in the AL East.

Pitching tonight for the Padres is Joe Musgrove, while the unpredictable Alek Manoah gets the start for the Jays.

Best Bet: Take the Under

The betting odds on the matchup have San Diego at -117 and Toronto is at +104. The Over/Under is set at 9.

Which Version of Alek Manoah Will Take the Mound?

Things are on the up and up for Toronto, as they’ve won eight of their last nine games. Excellent pitching has been the reason for the streak, and it’ll be Alek Manoah who’s back here to take on the Padres after an excellent showing against the Tigers. Manoah held Detroit to a single run over six innings, which got him his first win since early April – when for a while, he was pitching so terribly that he was sent down to the minors.

Take the Under