A pair of teams in the AL East — the Toronto Blue Jays (90-68) and the Tampa Bay Rays (77-82) — meet on Friday at 7:07 p.m. ET, at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays are favored (-186 moneyline odds to win) when they host the Rays (+154). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Toronto Blue Jays looking to Shane Bieber (3-2), and Adrian Houser (8-4) answering the bell for the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Blue Jays lost 7-1 against the Red Sox Wednesday, with Max Scherzer taking the loss. He threw five innings, giving up four earned runs on 10 hits while striking out five. Isiah Kiner-Falefa went 1 for 3 with a home run and an RBI to lead the Blue Jays offensively.
The Rays lost to the Orioles yesterday, with Kevin Kelly registering the loss while throwing 1/3 of an inning, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out one. Tristan Gray went 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI to pace the Rays’ offense.
Before this Blue Jays vs. Rays matchup, here’s what you need to prepare for Friday’s MLB action, including viewing options.
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays odds, line and spread
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Favorite: Blue Jays (-186, bet $186 to win $100)Underdog: Rays (+154, bet $100 to win $154)Over/under: 8Blue Jays vs. Rays: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Friday, September 26, 2025Game time: 7:07 p.m. ETLocation: Toronto, OntarioStadium: Rogers CentreTV channel: Apple TV+Live stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Blue Jays stats and trendsBlue Jays betting recordsThis season, the Blue Jays have won 47 out of the 82 games, or 57.3%, in which they’ve been favored.Toronto has a record of 10-3, a 76.9% win rate, when favored by -186 or more by sportsbooks this season.The Blue Jays have a 65% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in 84 of 157 games with a total.The Blue Jays are 87-70-0 against the spread in their 157 chances this season.Shane Bieber (Blue Jays probable starter)Bieber (3-2) takes the mound for the Blue Jays in his seventh start of the season. He has a 3.57 ERA in 35 1/3 innings pitched, with 34 strikeouts.The righty last appeared on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals, when he tossed 6 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up four hits.The 30-year-old has put together a 3.57 ERA and 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings in six games this season, while allowing a batting average of .221 to opposing hitters.Bieber is trying to register his third straight quality start in this game.Bieber will try to build on a seven-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.9 innings per outing).He has given up one or more earned runs in each of his outings.He will match up with a Rays squad that is batting .252 as a unit (seventh in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .403 (13th in MLB) with 179 total home runs (16th in MLB).Blue Jays batting statsThe Blue Jays rank 15th in Major League Baseball with 183 home runs.Hitters for Toronto have a combined .424 slugging percentage this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.The Blue Jays lead baseball with a .265 batting average.Toronto is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking seventh with 770 total runs this season.The Blue Jays get on base at a .333 clip, best in the league.Toronto ranks second in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 6.8 whiffs per contest.Rays stats and trendsRays betting recordsThe Rays have been victorious in 33, or 42.3%, of the 78 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.Tampa Bay has a mark of 1-3 in contests where oddsmakers favor it by +154 or worse on the moneyline.The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rays have a 39.4% chance of walking away with the win.Tampa Bay and its opponents have gone over in 70 of its 159 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.The Rays are 73-86-0 against the spread in their 159 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.Adrian Houser (Rays probable starter)Houser makes the start for the Rays, his 21st of the season. He is 8-4 with a 3.18 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 119 2/3 innings pitched.In his last time out on Saturday, the righty went six innings against the Boston Red Sox, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.In 20 games this season, the 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.18, with 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .260 against him.Houser is aiming for his third quality start in a row.Houser will try to go five or more innings for his fifth straight start. He’s averaging 6.0 frames per outing.He has had five appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.The opposing Blue Jays offense has a collective .265 batting average, and is first in the league with 1424 total hits and seventh in MLB action with 770 runs scored. They have the eighth-ranked slugging percentage (.424) and are 15th in all of MLB with 183 home runs.In 13 1/3 innings over two appearances against the Blue Jays this season, Houser has a 2.03 ERA and a 1.425 WHIP while his opponents are batting .280.Rays batting statsThe Rays rank 16th in baseball with 179 total home runs.So far this season, Tampa Bay is 13th in baseball with a .403 slugging percentage.The Rays have the seventh-best batting average in the majors (.252).Tampa Bay scores the 14th-most runs in baseball (707 total, 4.4 per game).The Rays’ .313 on-base percentage is 19th in the majors.