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Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles

Game preview · Monday, September 21, 2026

Current market

Latest model projection

Updated Sep 21, 2026 · 3:07 AM EDT

Model projection only. It is not an official tracked pick and does not enter the public record.

The betting line

TOR -1.5

Sportsbooks make Toronto Blue Jays the favorite by 1.5. Expected combined score: 7.5

DraftKings · updated Mon, 3:07 AM EDT

Our projected score

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Kickoff

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Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

Nathan Lukes over 0.5 hits-213DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 21, 12:07 AM EDT · result pending
George Springer over 0.5 hits-239DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 21, 12:07 AM EDT · result pending
Brett Bateman over 0.5 hits-236DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 21, 12:07 AM EDT · result pending
Coby Mayo over 0.5 hits-159DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 21, 12:07 AM EDT · result pending
Christian Encarnacion-Strand over 0.5 hits-168DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 21, 12:07 AM EDT · result pending

Each number and price is the DraftKings figure recorded before kickoff and never changed afterwards. Times are Eastern.

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Player prop angles

Our model projects individual stat lines from each player's recent games and the matchup in front of them, then compares that projection to the live sportsbook number. Where a book has not posted a prop yet, the line shown is our own.

Shane Baz over 3.5 strikeouts
BAL · SP
We project 5.1Recent average 5.1 over 2 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings -163
Shane Baz has averaged 5.1 strikeouts over 2 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 3.5 (-163), and our model projects 5.1 — 1.6 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
Nathan Lukes over 0.5 hits
TOR · RF
We project 1.3Recent average 1.3 over 9 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -213
Nathan Lukes has averaged 1.3 hits over 9 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (-213), and our model projects 1.3 — 0.8 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
George Springer over 0.5 hits
TOR · DH
We project 1.3Recent average 1.3 over 10 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -239
George Springer has averaged 1.3 hits over 10 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (-239), and our model projects 1.3 — 0.8 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
Brett Bateman over 0.5 hits
TOR · CF
We project 1.3Recent average 1.3 over 10 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -236
Brett Bateman has averaged 1.3 hits over 10 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (-236), and our model projects 1.3 — 0.8 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
Coby Mayo over 0.5 hits
BAL · 3B
We project 1.1Recent average 1.1 over 10 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -159
Coby Mayo has averaged 1.1 hits over 10 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (-159), and our model projects 1.1 — 0.6 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand over 0.5 hits
BAL · 3B
We project 0.9Recent average 0.9 over 10 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -168
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has averaged 0.9 hits over 10 games this season, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (-168), and our model projects 0.9 — 0.4 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.