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The Toronto Blue Jays (28-26) can even their home record and complete a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees (24-27) with a victory in the series finale Wednesday at the Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays have won the past four meetings with the Yankees and taken six of seven overall, and they are listed as -115 betting favorites (bet $115 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark with Aaron Sanchez (4-1, 3.29 ERA) on the hill for his 11th start of the season.

Toronto has won five of the last six games Sanchez has started, and he’s gone 3-0 with three no-decisions. He has allowed three runs or fewer five times during that stretch and has gone a full seven innings four times.

The Blue Jays have scored 22 runs in his previous three games, with the over cashing each time after a run of six unders in his first seven, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database.

Meanwhile, New York will send ace Masahiro Tanaka (3-0, 2.89) to the mound looking to win for the fifth time in as many starts. He has earned two of his wins in his past two outings, giving up one run and seven hits combined over 14 innings with two walks and eight strikeouts.

The Yankees are 7-2 in his last nine starts, with the under going 7-2.

This is a rematch of a meeting between the two starting pitchers from April 12, when New York edged Toronto 3-2 on a run-scoring single by outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury in the seventh inning.

Sanchez pitched well but surrendered the game-tying homer to catcher Brian McCann in the sixth, leaving after allowing three hits and one earned run with three walks and six strikeouts. Tanaka lasted five innings, giving up three hits and two runs with four walks and six strikeouts. Neither starter walked away with a decision.

The under cashed in that game and has gone 9-3 in the past 12 meetings. Only one of the last six games between the teams has seen more than six runs scored. The under is also 7-3 in the previous 10 for the Blue Jays overall and 5-1 in the last six for the Yanks.

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No team is playing better baseball right now than the San Francisco Giants (25-18), who have won eight games in a row, allowing three runs or fewer in their last seven and only one run in four straight.

Regardless, the visiting Chicago Cubs (28-11) are listed as -200 betting favorites (wager $200 to win $100) for Friday’s series opener at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark behind unbeaten ace Jake Arrieta (7-0, 1.29 ERA).

The Giants and Cubs were the two preseason favorites to win the National League pennant. After a slow start, San Francisco is finally living up to those high expectations, while Chicago has dropped three of four and five of eight, including the team’s only pair of consecutive losses this year.

The Giants have won the last two meetings following a five-game losing streak in the series, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database.

Arrieta has been masterful again after winning the NL Cy Young Award in 2015. He has allowed two runs or fewer in seven of his eight starts this season, with the Cubs winning by four runs or more in seven of them as well.

Arrieta’s last regular-season loss took place on July 25, 2015, opposite Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies, who threw a no-hitter. That was the second time in the regular season he gave up as many as three earned runs since last June 16, although he surrendered four twice last postseason.

San Francisco will also be giving the ball to a Jake here—one who is barely holding on to a spot in the starting rotation. Jake Peavy (1-4, 7.43) has been brutal for the most part this year, but he is coming off his best outing on the road against the Arizona Diamondbacks last Saturday. Peavy allowed a season-low one run and three hits in six innings with two walks and five strikeouts.

The Giants had lost five of his previous six starts, with him giving up four runs or more four times during that stretch.

With Arrieta and Peavy on the mound, there is a good chance there will be a lot of runs scored and the total will go over. In Arrieta’s eight starts, the over is 7-1, compared to 6-2 for Peavy. The over is also 5-2 in the past seven meetings between the teams overall.

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The New York Mets (2-4) will turn to Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.00 ERA) in an effort to get back on track Tuesday when they take on the Miami Marlins (2-3) in the second of a three-game series.

The Mets are consensus -135 home betting favorites (bet $135 to win $100) against the Marlins, who will counter with ace Jose Fernandez (0-1, 7.94 ERA) looking to rebound from a rough outing in his 2016 debut.

New York has lost three in a row following a 10-3 shellacking at the hands and bats of Miami on Monday, with pitcher Steven Matz surrendering seven runs and six hits in only 1.2 innings while walking two and striking out one.

The Mets called up Matz at the end of last season, and he helped the team in the playoffs but remains eligible for National League Rookie of the Year because he made just six regular-season starts. He looked like an inexperienced player versus the Marlins, who got a home run from Giancarlo Stanton among 15 hits overall.

Syndergaard hopes to end the slide for the Mets after they lost all three games to NL East opponents at home. He was outstanding in his first start on the road against the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals a week ago, allowing three hits in six scoreless innings of a 2-0 victory with one walk and nine strikeouts.

Syndergaard was even better at home last season, going 7-2 with a 2.46 ERA in 12 starts. Opposing batters hit .196 against him at Citi Field.

Meanwhile, Fernandez struck out 13 in his first start at home versus the Detroit Tigers last Wednesday but gave up five runs and five hits in 5.2 innings of a 7-3 loss for Miami. Former Marlin Jarrod Saltalamacchia did most of the damage with a home run and four RBI, and Victor Martinez added a two-run shot.

Fernandez suffered his first loss in 27 home starts, and he made just five road starts last season, going 1-1 with a 3.34 ERA.

Miami has won three straight meetings with New York—all as a road underdog—along with five of the last seven dating back to last year, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers started off the season a perfect 3-0 both straight up and on the run line, sweeping the San Diego Padres and winning each game by three runs or more. The Dodgers face a much tougher opponent in their weekend series against the San Francisco Giants.

Los Angeles is a plus-100 road betting underdog in Friday’s game against the Giants, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. San Francisco (-120) sends Matt Cain to the mound to face Dodgers rookie Ross Stripling.

The Dodgers couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season than their season-opening series against the Padres, as they shut out their lowly division rivals in three straight games.

Clayton Kershaw’s dominance was to be expected, but the fact that newcomers Scott Kazmir and Kenta Maeda pitched so well in their team debuts bodes well for a Dodgers team that lacked pitching depth last season and lost Zack Greinke this offseason.

Including Thursday’s loss in the opening game of this four-game series, the Dodgers are just 2-9 in their last 11 road games against the Giants, per the Odds Shark MLB Database.

After winning the first two games in their season-opening series on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Giants were unable to complete the sweep Wednesday, getting edged out in a 4-3 loss.

The offseason acquisitions of Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija give the Giants one of the deepest starting rotations in all of baseball, with veterans Jake Peavy and Cain now slotted in at the bottom of the rotation instead of the middle. San Francisco is 19-11 in its last 30 games at home.

Friday’s total is set at eight runs. The under is 5-2 in the last seven games between these two National League West rivals.

Since the start of spring training, the odds to win the NL West have been among the closest of any of the division races, as the Giants are just slight favorites over the Dodgers. This race could go all the way down to the wire, so even head-to-head games in early April are important.

Staff aces Madison Bumgarner and Clayton Kershaw are projected to meet Saturday, and Sunday’s game will feature Johnny Cueto and Scott Kazmir.

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The Kansas City Royals will begin the defense of their 2015 World Series title Sunday night against the team they beat to win the championship, the New York Mets.

The Royals are listed at 14-1 odds to win the World Series again this season at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark, while the Mets are 12-1.

Two other games on the schedule for Sunday include the St. Louis Cardinals visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays hosting the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Cardinals (18-1 to win the World Series) and Pirates (20-1) will both be trying to top the favored Chicago Cubs (5-1) this year, while the Blue Jays (10-1) are the leading American League team.

Kansas City will send Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55 ERA in 2015) to the mound after seeing his team defeat New York twice in his last two starts, including the World Series clincher in Game 5 that ended the franchise’s 30-year championship drought.

New York will counter with Matt Harvey (13-8, 2.71), who has been cleared to start after passing blood clots through his bladder. Harvey was scratched from his spring training start Tuesday to deal with the issue and threw a career-high 216 innings last season.

The Royals are 12-4 in their last 16 against National League opponents, including the World Series, while the Mets are 5-13 in their past 18 versus the AL.

St. Louis took 10 of the 19 meetings with Pittsburgh last year, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database, en route to winning its third consecutive NL Central title. The Cardinals, though, lost six of the 10 games played at PNC Park, where the Pirates went 53-28 last season.

Both finished ahead of Chicago in the division a year ago but find themselves battling public perception and the oddsmakers heading into the season.

St. Louis will give Adam Wainwright (2-1, 1.61) his first start since April 25 of last year in the opener while Pittsburgh rides with lefty Francisco Liriano (12-7, 3.38).

Toronto will kick off the season against a young Tampa Bay team that is 40-1 to win the World Series on the baseball betting futures. The Blue Jays were eliminated by Kansas City in the AL Championship Series last season and hope to take the next step this year.

Marcus Stroman (4-0, 1.67) gets the call for Toronto here off a disappointing postseason in which he went 1-0 with a 4.19 ERA coming off a torn ACL he suffered during spring training. The Rays will go with ace Chris Archer (12-13, 3.23), who had a career-best 252 strikeouts last year.

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The American League has won two of the past three World Series, with the Kansas City Royals defeating the New York Mets in five games last year.

However, the National League is favored to rebound in 2016, led by a team that has not won the World Series since 1908 in the Chicago Cubs at 4-1 odds at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The Cubs just advanced to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2003. They made a couple of key offseason acquisitions that they hope will put them in position to end their title drought.

Chicago inked starting pitcher John Lackey and outfielder Jason Heyward away from the rival St. Louis Cardinals (20-1). The Cubs have not won the National League Central since 2008, with the Cardinals claiming the division title each of the last three years.

The Mets and San Francisco Giants are tied as the 8-1 second choice on the odds to win the World Series, and both teams have the pitching to at least get there again.

New York re-signed outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to a three-year deal and boasts arguably the best three-man starting rotation in the NL with Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey. The team’s key loss is postseason hero Daniel Murphy, as the 30-year-old second baseman signed a three-year contract with the Washington Nationals (16-1).

The Giants have won the World Series three times in the previous six seasons, taking home the MLB crown in the last three even-numbered years. They reloaded their rotation in the offseason, adding Jeff Samardzija and Johnny Cueto for a combined $220 million to complement 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner.

The AL also has a few top contenders to win the 2016 World Series, including the Boston Red Sox (12-1), Toronto Blue Jays (12-1) and Royals (16-1).

The Red Sox are seeking their second championship in four years after beating the Cardinals in 2013, and they signed one of the top free-agent prizes in starting pitcher David Price. Boston underachieved last season and is banking on Price to be the staff ace.

The Blue Jays fell short of getting to the World Series last season in losing to Kansas City in the American League Championship Series, with Price struggling in the postseason before bolting for the Red Sox. They should still be strong, though, along with the Royals, who will be attempting to make their third consecutive World Series appearance in 2016.

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One of the most evenly matched World Series in recent memory will open at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Tuesday when the Royals host the New York Mets in Game 1, which is listed as a pick’em at most sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

According to oddsmakers, the series itself is also a toss-up, making the first two games important to see which team grabs the early momentum in the best-of-seven championship series.

New York will send Matt Harvey (13-8, 2.71 ERA) to the mound in the opener, as he looks to stay perfect in the playoffs after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in his first two postseason starts.

Kansas City’s Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55 ERA), who has gone 1-2 in his three playoff starts this year with a 4.32 ERA, will oppose Harvey.

Volquez was brilliant in the lone win he earned at home against the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series, allowing only two hits in six scoreless innings with four walks and five strikeouts en route to a 5-0 victory.

The Mets have won five straight games heading into the World Series following a sweep of the Cubs in the National League Championship Series. They are 7-2 in the postseason overall, and it is worth noting that six of the last seven teams that swept their LCS opponents, including the past four, lost in the World Series.

The layoff between games could be a factor, as Game 4 of the NLCS was last Wednesday. The under is 4-1-1 in New York’s last six for totals bettors, according to the Odds Shark MLB database, and second baseman Daniel Murphy has hit seven home runs in the playoffs, including one in a record six consecutive games.

The Royals lost two games in each of their previous playoff series, topping the Blue Jays in six games in the ALCS and the Houston Astros in five games before that. They won the last two games against the Astros after trailing the AL Division Series 2-1, and they won the first two versus the Blue Jays before dropping two of three in Toronto.

Kansas City rebounded to take the ALCS in Game 6 with a 4-3 win at home last Friday, as the under cashed for the second straight time following a 5-1 run for the over at the sportsbooks.

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Despite coming up short for the best record in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays enter baseball’s postseason this week atop the odds to win the AL pennant and the World Series at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The Blue Jays are pegged as +145 favorites on the odds to win the AL pennant after ending up 93-69 on the season, two games behind the Kansas City Royals in the overall Junior Circuit standings. Toronto will open an American League Division Series matchup at home against the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

The Royals, meanwhile, will begin their postseason run against the winner of the AL Wild Card Game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros on Thursday. The Royals are set at +200 on the odds to win the AL pennant, with the Rangers at +550 and both the Yankees and the Astros at +700. New York will play host to Houston in the AL Wild Card matchup on Tuesday night.

Over in the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals led the circuit with a 100-62 record, and they’re the +210 favorite on the odds to win the NL Pennant. The Cardinals will be up against the winner of the NL Wild Card Game in the National League Division Series, with that matchup on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Cubs.

The Cubs and Pirates both head into the Wild Card Game at +500 on the updated odds to win the NL pennant, with the Los Angeles Dodgers at +290 and the New York Mets at +325. Game 1 between the Dodgers and the Mets takes place at Dodger Stadium on Friday.

On the World Series odds, the Blue Jays are the +300 favorites, followed by the Royals and Cardinals at +500, the Dodgers at +600 and the Mets at +700. The Cubs sit at +1000 on the odds to win the World Series, with the Pirates at +1100, the Rangers at +1200, and both the Yankees and the Astros at +1400.

New York will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound on Tuesday night against Houston’s Dallas Keuchel, with the Astros slight -109 road favorites over the +104 Yankees. On Wednesday, the Cubs are sitting as -128 road favorites against the +123 home underdog Pirates, with Chicago’s Jake Arrieta set to match up against Pittsburgh’s Gerrit Cole.

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Two American League teams that sit atop the wild-card standings will battle for playoff positioning when the Toronto Blue Jays start a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim.

The Blue Jays continue an eight-game road trip against the Angels as small betting favorites at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark after splitting a pair with the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile, Los Angeles just wrapped up a four-game set at home versus the Chicago White Sox.

Toronto is just 2-3 in its past five games following an 11-game winning streak after falling to the Phillies 7-4 on Wednesday. Fortunately for the Blue Jays, they will send new ace David Price (11-4, 2.41 ERA) to the mound; he hopes to win his second straight road start for them.

In his first road start since coming over in a trade from the Detroit Tigers, Price blanked the New York Yankees for seven innings in a 7-0 victory back on August 8. However, he walked away with a no-decision against the Yankees a week ago, giving up three runs and 11 hits in 7.1 innings of an eventual 4-3 loss at home.

Los Angeles split four games at Toronto from May 18-21 and trails the Blue Jays for the league’s top wild-card spot while the team also continues to chase the Houston Astros for the AL West lead. The Angels will look to lefty Hector Santiago (7-6, 2.86 ERA) to get back on track Friday after they have lost in four of his past five outings, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database.

Santiago has allowed three runs or less in each of his past three starts but does not have a victory to show for it, with Los Angeles getting outscored 10-7 in those games.

Like Price, he also had a no-decision in his last start against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday night, giving up two runs and three hits in seven innings with three walks and five strikeouts in a 4-3 loss.

The second and third games of the Blue Jays vs. Angels betting matchup on Saturday and Sunday look to be more even matchups from a starting pitching perspective and may favor the home team.

On Saturday, Toronto will give the ball to Marco Estrada (10-7, 3.20 ERA) against Andrew Heaney (5-1, 2.43 ERA) of the Angels. Los Angeles’ Garrett Richards (12-9, 3.50 ERA) will then close out the series on Sunday versus knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (7-10, 4.14 ERA) of the Blue Jays.

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The Toronto Blue Jays are the hottest team in baseball, and they’ve used an 11-game winning streak to vault themselves into the role of 4-1 favorites to win the World Series at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The Blue Jays have lost only once since acquiring shortstop Troy Tulowitzki from the Colorado Rockies and ace starter David Price in a deal with the Detroit Tigers before the trade deadline, putting them in prime position to qualify for the postseason for the first time since winning the World Series in 1993.

Toronto’s main competition in the American League looks to be the Kansas City Royals, who are 5-1 to win the World Series and won the pennant last year as a Wild Card team.

The Royals have a comfortable lead in the AL Central and were the World Series favorites before the Blue Jays went on their hot run, also picking up a quality starting pitcher when they got Johnny Cueto from the Cincinnati Reds.

Other top contenders in the American League include the New York Yankees and Houston Astros, who are both 12-1 to win the World Series. The Yankees recently gave up the AL East lead to Toronto, while Houston currently sits atop the AL West ahead of the Los Angeles Angels (18-1).

The National League boasts seven quality teams that are poised to compete not only for the pennant but also a World Series title in the Los Angeles Dodgers (8-1), St. Louis Cardinals (8-1), New York Mets (17-2), Washington Nationals (14-1), San Francisco Giants (14-1), Chicago Cubs (14-1) and Pittsburgh Pirates (16-1).

The NL Central alone has three of the four teams with the most wins in the Cardinals, Cubs and Pirates, setting up for all three to make the playoffs this year.

The Dodgers have been big disappointments as favorites the last couple of years, falling to St. Louis in the postseason each time. However, Los Angeles still hopes to outlast the defending World Series champion Giants in the NL West and win the division for the third straight year. San Francisco won the World Series last year as a wild-card team.

In the NL East, the Mets have played extremely well lately to overtake the Nationals for the division lead. New York has arguably the best pitching staff in baseball and figures to battle Washington for a playoff spot until the end of the season.

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