<p>After taking the first game of this three-game weekend series in New York Friday night, the Mets shoot for the series victory when the teams meet again Saturday night. Taijuan Walker, coming off a terrible performance last time out, hits the hill for the home team here against lefty Hyun Jin Ryu for the visitors. Who do we like here with <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/free-mlb-picks&quot; title="Today's MLB Betting Pick">today's free pick</a>?
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/odds&quot; title="COmpare MLB Betting Odds From Multiple Sportsbooks">Saturday's baseball betting lines</a> opened Toronto at around -115 over New York, with an over/under of eight runs. Early betting action then bumped that total to 8.5.</p>
<h2>Blue Jays-Mets MLB Betting Preview</h2>
<p>New York took the opener of this series Friday night 3-0. The Mets got two home runs from Pete Alonso and six scoreless innings from starter Tylor Megill on their way toward victory.
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<p>New York won as a -105 pick 'em favorite Friday, and the game played under a total of nine runs.
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<p>With Friday's victory, the Mets are now 4-3 since the All-Star break. At 51-43 overall, New York leads the NL East by four games over second-place Philadelphia.
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<p>With Friday's loss, Toronto is now 3-3 since the All-Star break. At 48-45 overall, the Jays trail first-place Boston by 9.5 games in the AL East, but they're only five games behind Oakland in the battle for the second American League wild-card spot.
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<p>This series is the first meeting between these two teams this season; last season, the Blue Jays took two of three games from the Mets.
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<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/48972&quot; title="Taijuan Walker Pitching Stats">Walker</a> is only 6/17 on quality starts this season, but some of that has to do with a short leash. Four times this season, he's pitched to within three outs or less of a QS, only to get pulled. Last Sunday, he gave up six runs – five earned – on four hits and four walks while getting just one out against Pittsburgh, although New York came back to win that game 7-6. But over his three starts previous to that, he only allowed five runs and nine hits through 15 2/3 innings. </p>
<p>On the season, the Mets are a sparkling 14-3 with Walker and 4-0 over his last four starts.
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<p>This will be Walker's first start against Toronto since 2016 when he was with Seattle, and that's a long time ago.
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<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/48084&quot; title="Hyun Jin Ryu Pitching Logs">Lefty Ryu </a>is 7/18 on quality starts this year. Last Sunday, he held Texas scoreless on three hits through seven innings of a 5-0 Jays win. And just before that, he held Baltimore to one run through five frames of a 10-2 Toronto victory.</p>
<p>On the season, the Blue Jays are 11-7 with Ryu, 4-1 over his last five starts.
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<p>In his most recent start against the Mets, in September of last season, Ryu allowed one run through six innings of a 7-3 Toronto triumph.
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<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>Toronto is batting .266 against right-handed pitching this season, which ranks No. 1 in the Majors, with a .327 team OBP and a .460 team slugging percentage, which also ranks No. 1.
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<p>New York is batting .236 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .318 team OBP and a .387 team slugging percentage.
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<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Blue Jays bullpen owns a 4.09 ERA this season, along with a 1.29 WHIP and a 2.39 K/BB ratio.</p>
<p>The Mets pen owns a 4.10 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and a 2.56 K/BB ratio.</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>The Blue Jays are 26-22 on the road this season.</li>
<li>The Mets are 28-14 at home this season.</li>
<li>The Blue Jays are 39-30 against right-handed starters this season.</li>
<li>The Mets are 10-17 against left-handed starters this season.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
<p>Unders are 46-43 in Blue Jays games this season.<br />
Unders are 45-40 in Mets games this season.<br />
Unders are 27-12 in games played at Citi Field this season.</p>