With Aaron Choose’s pursuit of the AL dwelling run document nonetheless underway, the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees start their last three-game collection of 2022.

The pregame narrative: Toronto is technically nonetheless alive within the AL East division race, however a sweep of New York can be vital for that to occur. On a extra reasonable be aware, the Blue Jays want a pair extra wins to clinch a wild card berth.

Try our Yankees vs. Blue Jays picks for September 26.

Odds as of 9:09 a.m. on 09/26/2022.

Yankees vs. Blue Jays picks

Finest guess: Yankees ML (+105)

It’s tough to not deal with Choose and the looming dwelling run document, however this Yankees squad remains to be chasing a division crown, too.

A rain-shortened win on Sunday Night time Baseball stretched New York’s profitable streak to seven video games, tied for the longest energetic streak within the majors. And we predict they’ll lengthen it tonight.

On the mound for New York is Luis Severino, only one begin faraway from his return to massive league motion. Severino had beforehand been on the 60-day injured checklist with a lat pressure, however he posted encouraging leads to his return final Wednesday in opposition to the Pirates (5.0 innings, two hits, one run, six strikeouts).

Positive, it was solely the Pirates. And Severino’s lone begin in opposition to the Blue Jays this yr — by which he allowed 5 runs over 5 innings — was additionally his worst begin of the season. However that included 4 walks, which is uncharacteristic for somebody with a 2.5 BB/9 in his profession.

Severino and Toronto starter Kevin Gausman occur to have precisely 142 plate appearances every in opposition to Monday’s respective lineups. The Yankees righty has clearly produced higher outcomes:

Key stat: The Yankees have received 4 of six video games at Rogers Centre this yr.

Fast picks

Yankees over 3.5 runs (-109): The Yankees solely scratched throughout two runs of their water-logged primetime matchup yesterday, however in addition they had simply six innings to work with. They’d scored four-plus runs in eight of their earlier 9 video games, with an AL-best 5.07 runs per sport total.

Underneath 0.5 runs, first inning (-124): Gausman has solely allowed a first-inning run in three of his previous 16 begins, posting a 2.79 ERA within the first body this season. Severino, in the meantime, has a 2.12 ERA within the first inning and has held opponents scoreless in eight of his previous 11 opening frames.

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