Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 22-26 Toronto Blue Jays play host to the 19-24 Chicago White Sox today in MLB action on the turf of the Rogers Center, May 27, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 12:37 PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Blue Jay -116/White Sox +106
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup
Jeff Samardzija (R) W/L 4-2 WHIP 1.25 ERA 4.28
Marco Estrada (R) W/L 1-3 WHIP 1.24 ERA 3.90

Toronto outlasted Chicago 10-9 yesterday. They are 5-4 on their current homestand. The White Sox are 0-2 on their road trip and 7-15 away from home in 2015. They are a miserable 1-7 in their past 8 games.

The Blue Jays have a 2-0 edge in the season series but Chicago is 6-4 in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

Samardzija was a 3-2 winner over Minnesota in his last start. He went 8 innings, yielded 2 runs and struck out 9 for his 5th Q start of the season.

Estrada was a 4-3 loser in his last outing, a 4-3 loss to Seattle. He allowed all 4 runs in 7 innings. Estrada made 6 relief appearances before being added to the rotation. He has no Q starts in 4 starts.

Toronto C Russell Martin is the only hitter with some sustained success vs. Samardzija. He is hitting .316 vs. the right-hander and has stolen the only base off of him. The quintet of C Josh Thole, 1B Edwin Encarnacion, OF Jose Bautista, SS Jose Reyes and DH Justin Smoak are a combined 3-30 (.100) though Smoak and Reyes have a HR each.

Sox C Geovany Soto is 1-4 (.250) with a HR and 2 RBIs vs. Estrada. OF J.B. Shuck is 2-5 (.400) while the trio of DH Adam LaRoche, IF Emilio Bonifacio and OF Melky Cabrera are a combined 3-23 (.130) off of the veteran right-hander.

Chicago at Toronto Betting Trends

The White Sox are 1-7 straight up in their last 8 games.
Chicago is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 road games.
The game total has gone under in 8 of Chicago’s last 10 games on the road in Toronto
The Blue Jays are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Toronto is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games at home.

Injury Report

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Matt Albers P 15-Day Disabled List
Rob Brantly C 15-Day Disabled List
Avisail Garcia OF Day-to-Day (knee)
Nate Jones P 60-Day Disabled List

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Dioner Navarro C 15-Day Disabled List
Michael Saunders OF 15-Day Disabled List
Marcus Stroman P 60-Day Disabled List
Devon Travis 2B 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Chicago: 42%
Toronto: 58%

Free MLB Pick

The Jays bats have exploded for 24 runs in the last three game, but we’re not sure that they’ll have that kind of success today. White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija has strong lifetime numbers against the Jays with the roster hitting just .212 in 52 at bats. Toronto starter Marco Estrada has been adequate this season in four starts but has very good historical numbers versus Chicago with the lineup hitting a poor .176 against him in 34 plate appearances. Don’t be fooled by last night’s run scoring by the White Sox. The Jays defense made mistake after mistake and were to blame for many of the runs.

Take the UNDER 9 -120‏