Fade Lance Lynn's Strikeout Prop vs. Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays picked a wrong time to start slumping.

After losing three-straight serieses to the Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers, the Blue Jays now have to face the American League Central leading Chicago White Sox in a four-game series with their playoff hopes beginning to fade.

WynnBET has the Blue Jays set as slight home underdogs for the game at -102 odds, and the White Sox are set as -108 favorites. The total for the game is set at 8.5 runs.

While I probably wouldn’t recommend betting on the Blue Jays to win this game due to their recent run of poor play, I am going to back Toronto in a different sort of fashion in tonight’s game.

Lance Lynn takes the mound for Chicago, and WynnBET has his player prop for strikeouts set at 5.5 and I’ll be taking the under at -150 odds.

Lynn is one of the best pitchers in the American League this season, and is expected to be one of the top names in the voting to win the AL Cy Young award, but tonight he’s facing a Blue Jays team that is among the best in not striking out during their plate appearances.

The Blue Jays have the second lowest team strikeout percentage in Major League Baseball, striking out only 20.8% of the time. The only team that’s better is the Houston Astros at 19.6%. They’ve been even better in this stat lately, striking out on only 16.5% of their plate appearances over their last three games.

The White Sox also seem to be a little bit more careful with Lynn’s pitch count in recent starts, as he’s only pitched past the fifth inning once in his last four starts. If that happens again tonight, there’s a great chance that he won’t surpass 5.5 strikeouts against this Blue Jays team.

Lynn will get the start across from Alek Manoah (3.34 ERA). Opening pitch is set for 7:07 p.m. EST.

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