After Toronto’s lates experiment with Manoah in the series opener against San Diego, the Blue Jays are back to basics with probable starter Berrios. He has been solid all year but especially in his latest three starts where his ERA and WHIP have sparkled at 2.45 and 0.82 respectively ( and a miniscule 0.73 ERA and 0.81 WHIP for July). In contrast probable starter for the Padres is veteran Darvish who has been to war against the Blue Jays back in 2011-16 but lately has struggled with a 4.24 ERA and 1.53 WHIP in his last three starts.

The Blue Jays bats have dominated over the last 7 days with the top avg. in the majors and the 8th OPS. Over the same time period the Padres have an impressive 9th best OPS but a mediocre 19th best average. Against right handers the Jays are 6th in avg and 9th in OPS while the Padres are much weaker being 26th and 18th respectively.

The Blue Jays only blemish over their last five games was that clunker by Manoah. They are 19-7 in inter-league games, 26-18 at home and 44-33 vs. RH starters. By the same token the Padres are 2-3 over their last five (which includes that win against Manoah), 12-11 in inter-league games, 19-27 on the road and 26-33 vs RH starters. With Berrios doing his thing you should take the Jays to win game two of this series.