MLBPredictions / Kevin
Philadelphia Phillies @ Toronto Blue Jays – BLUE JAYS TO WIN (-130)
Cole Hamels will face the Blue Jays again after facing them on Saturday. In that outing he didn’t have his best stuff going 3.2 innings allowing 5 hits and 2 earned runs. He did have 5 strikeouts and 0 walks, but so far this spring he has a 7.59 ERA. Today he will have his toughest test of the spring, as the Blue Jays send out their projected roster vs LHP (assuming Saunders isn’t ready for the start of the season). Edwin Encarnacion who has been dealing with a sore back comes back into the lineup in the 4 spot. Aaron Sanchez will get the start for the Blue Jays as he gets ready to join the Blue Jays rotation and he has a 4.85 ERA this spring. Against a Phillies lineup that isn’t doing all that well this spring (and is expected to have the same struggles during the season) I will take the Blue Jays in Dunedin laying a bit of chalk.