{"id":90974,"date":"2025-06-09T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/90974\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:57:10","slug":"blue-jays-vs-cardinals-game-1-prediction-odds-injuries-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/90974\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs Cardinals: Game 1 prediction, odds, injuries, and picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/toronto-blue-jays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> and St. Louis Cardinals are set to begin a three-game interleague series on Monday night at Busch Stadium. This is a matchup of two teams that have been playing well this season, and Game 1 should be a great matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto brings a 35-30 record into the series opener, while St. Louis is now sitting at 36-29 on the year. Here is a look at the odds for the series opener, and some predictions to make.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays vs. Cardinals prediction<\/p>\n<p> \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748691791_456_march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1344\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/06\/26168162-1749465934.jpeg\"  alt=\"Jose Berrios is pitching today - Source: Imagn\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/06\/26168162-1749465934.jpeg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201344%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/>Jose Berrios is pitching today &#8211; Source: Imagn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/jose-berrios-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Jose Berrios<\/a> is set to start for the Toronto Blue Jays in this game, and he has gone 2-2 with a 3.67 ERA so far this season. Pitching has not been an area of strength for this team, but Berrios should be able to keep his team in the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/george-springer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">George Springer<\/a> leads the Blue Jays with 10 home runs, and Bo Bichette has 37 RBIs. Toronto has been extremely streaky on offense, and they still need to be more consistent.<\/p>\n<p>Lars Nootbar leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/st-louis-cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Cardinals<\/a> with eight home runs this season, and this is a team without much power. St. Louis continues to come up with clutch hits, and that will be something to monitor in this matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Pallante starts for the Cardinals on Monday night, and he has gone 4-3 with a 4.91 ERA so far this season. Look for Pallante to pitch well enough to deliver the Cardinals a win in this matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: St. Louis Cardinals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays vs. Cardinals odds<\/p>\n<p>Money Line: Toronto Blue Jays -115, St. Louis Cardinals -105<\/p>\n<p>Run Spread: Blue Jays -1.5 (+145), Cardinals +1.5 (-175)<\/p>\n<p>Total Runs: Over 8.5 (-105), Under 8.5 (-115)<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays vs. Cardinals injuries<br \/>\nToronto Blue Jays injury report:<\/p>\n<p>Max Scherzer (RHP): 60-Day IL (Right thumb inflammation)<\/p>\n<p>Nick Sandlin (RHP): 15-Day IL (Right lat strain)<\/p>\n<p>Daulton Varsho (OF): TBD (Left hamstring strain)<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Santander (OF): 10-Day IL (Left shoulder inflammation)<\/p>\n<p>Yimi Garcia (RHP): 15-Day IL (Right shoulder impingement)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Burr (RHP): 60-Day IL (Right shoulder inflammation)<\/p>\n<p>Alek Manoah (RHP): 60-Day IL (Right UCL surgery)<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Cardinals injury report:<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Walker (OF): 10-Day IL (Left wrist inflammation)<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Liberatore (LHP): TBD (Fatigue-related issues)<\/p>\n<p>Zack Thompson (LHP): 60-Day IL (Left lat strain)<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays vs. Cardinals picks<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis has been playing  great baseball lately, so focusing on the Cardinals when making picks in this matchup is the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>Money Line: St. Louis Cardinals -105<\/p>\n<p>Run Spread: Cardinals +1.5 (-175)<\/p>\n<p>Total Runs: Over 8.5 (-105)<\/p>\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p>\nCancel<br \/>\nSubmit\n<\/p>\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<p>About the author<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/4617160-1734367952-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Ryan Burks&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nRyan Burks is a baseball journalist at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience in the field, writing for publications such as Knup Sports. 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